Quinolines and artemisinin: Chemistry, biology and history

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 3-38

  Bray, P G ^a   Ward, S A ^a   O'Neill, P M ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIOXANE DERIVATIVE; 4 AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEETHER; ARTEFLENE; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHINESE DRUG; CHLOROQUINE; DEOXOARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; FENOZAN BO 7; HEMATIN; MEFLOQUINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PYRONARIDINE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TDR 40292; TEBUQUINE; TETRAOXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YINGZHAOZU A;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHARMACOPHORE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 24144472542     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29088-5_1     Document Type: Review

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