Antiplasmodial activity of a series of 1,3,5,-triazine-substituted polyamines

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 290-293

  Klenke, Burkhard ^a   Barrett, Michael P ^b   Brun, Reto ^c   Gilbert, Ian H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Malaria; Parasites; Plasmodium falciparum; Polyamine metabolism; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; C 6628; CHLOROQUINE; DICYCLOHEXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; EFLORNITHINE; MITOGUAZONE; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; PUTRESCINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYAMINES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0043029857     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg307     Document Type: Article

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