Heme-dependent radical generation: Possible involvement in antimalarial action of non-peroxide microbial metabolites, nanaomycin A and radicicol

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 880-888

  Tanaka, Yoshitake ^a   Kamei, Kiseko ^b   Otoguro, Kazuhiko ^a   Omura, Satoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA DEHYDROCURVULARIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ASPOCHALASIN G; CARNOSINE; FREE RADICAL; FRENOLICIN B; GLIOTOXIN; HEME; HEMIN; KALAFUNGIN; KONINGIC ACID; NANAOMYCIN A; NANAOMYCIN B; NANAOMYCIN D; NANAOMYCIN E; RADICICOL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032739567     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.52.880     Document Type: Article

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