Structure-activity relationships of the antimalarial agent artemisinin. 4. Effect of substitution at C-3

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2900-2906

  Avery, Mitchell A ^a   Mehrotra, Sanjiv ^a   Bonk, Jason D ^a   Vroman, Jeffrey A ^a   Goins, D Keith ^a   Miller, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; HEMIN; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; KETONE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEMIN; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OZONE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030003137     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm960200e     Document Type: Article

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