Radical mechanism of action of the artemisinin-type compounds (multiple letters [2])

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 266-267

  Posner, Gary H ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^b   Olliaro, Piero L ^c   Haynes, Richard K ^d   Meunier, Bernard ^e   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEFLENE; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ; ENDOPEROXIDE; FREE RADICAL; HEME; HEMOZOIN; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRANSLATIONALLY CONTROLLED TUMOR PROTEIN; TRIOXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; LETTER; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOPHORE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TARGETING;

EID: 0034989816     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02001-3     Document Type: Letter

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