Potentiation of artemisinin activity against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains by using heme models

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2555-2558

  Benoit Vical, Françoise ^a   Robert, Anne ^b   Meunier, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; ENDOPEROXIDE; HEME; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; METALLOPORPHYRIN;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032841393     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2555     Document Type: Article

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