How might qinghaosu (artemisinin) and related compounds kill the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite? A chemist's view

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 255-259

  Wu, Yikang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; SCAVENGER; SESQUITERPENE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MECHANISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SESQUITERPENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036001107     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar000080b     Document Type: Review

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