Simple and Inexpensive Fluorescence-Based Technique for High-Throughput Antimalarial Drug Screening

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1803-1806

  Smilkstein, Martin ^a,b   Sriwilaijaroen, Nongluk ^c   Kelly, Jane Xu ^a   Wilairat, Prapon ^c   Riscoe, Michael ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,6 BIS EPSILON (N,N DIETHYLAMINO)AMYLOXYXANTHONE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; QUININE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG SCREENING; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOLAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 2142640849     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.5.1803-1806.2004     Document Type: Article

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