Standardization of the physicochemical parameters to assess in vitro the β-hematin inhibitory activity of antimalarial drugs

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-256

  Parapini, Silvia ^a   Basilico, Nicoletta ^a   Pasini, Erica ^a   Egan, Timothy J ^b   Olliaro, Piero ^c   Taramelli, Donatella ^a   Monti, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A 2799; AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; C 6628; CHLORIDE; CHLOROQUINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEMATIN; HEMIN; P 9504; PHOSPHATE; PRIMAQUINE; Q 1125; QUININE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0034478079     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2000.4583     Document Type: Article

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