A physiochemical mechanism of hemozoin (β-hematin) synthesis by malaria parasite

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 595-601

  Tripathi, Abhai K ^a   Tekwani, Babu L ^a   Garg, Satyendra K ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Dr RML Avadh University   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione Plasmodium yoelii; Hemozoin; Linoleic acid; Malaria; Plasma; Superoxide dismutase; hematin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPHENOL; ASCORBIC ACID; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; HEME; HEMOZOIN; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; MERCAPTOETHANOL; OXYGEN; SODIUM DITHIONITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0036296019     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6231     Document Type: Article

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