Comparative antimalarial activities of six pairs of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes (peroxide dimers) and 1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxonanes (peroxide trimers)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3033-3035

  Dong, Yuxiang ^a   Creek, Darren ^b   Chollet, Jacques ^c   Matile, Hugues ^d   Charman, Susan A ^b   Wittlin, Sergio ^c   Wood, James K ^e   Vennerstrom, Jonathan L ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 DIMETHYL 7,8,15,16 TETRAOXADISPIRO[5.2.5.2]HEXADECANE; 1,2,4,5 TETRAOXANE DERIVATIVE; 1,2,4,5,7,8 HEXAOXONANE DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ; FERROUS ION; TETRAOXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IC 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIMERIZATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; IRON; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEROXIDES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAOXANES;

EID: 34547629609     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00264-07     Document Type: Article

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