Ultrastructural characteristics, biological activity and pharmacological relevance of synthetic malaria pigment (beta-haematin)

Parassitologia

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 45-50

  Taramelli, Donatella ^c   Monti, D ^d   Omodeo Sale F ^d   Basilico, N ^d   Parapini, S ^d   Pasini, E ^d   Lombardi, L ^a   Olliaro, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

haematin; Haemozoin; Malaria; P. Falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOPROTEIN; HEMOZOIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PIGMENT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTE; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0142019467     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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