Possible modes of action of the artemisinin-type compounds

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 122-126

  Olliaro, Piero L ^a   Haynes, Richard K ^b   Meunier, Bernard ^c   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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

^c LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEETHER; ARTEFLENE; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ENDOPEROXIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE; PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALKYLATION; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0035005885     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(00)01838-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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