Artesunate interaction with hemin

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-300

  Chen, Yang ^a   Zhu, Shi Min ^a   Chen, Hong Yuan ^a   Li, Ying ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Catalyzed reduction; Cyclic voltammetry; Hemin; UV spectroelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTENSUNATE; HEMIN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; HEMIN;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031954162     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(97)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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