3-Aminosterol compounds as a new class of anti-malarial agents against chloroquine-susceptible and -resistant Plasmodium falciparum

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Salmi, Chanaz ^a   Loncle, Celine ^a   Vidal, Nicolas ^a   Rogier, Christophe ^b   Letourneux, Yves ^a   Pradines, Bruno ^b   Brunel, Jean Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Aminosterol derivatives; Antimalarial activity; Squalamine; Trodusquemine

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; SQUALAMINE; TRODUSQUEMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 62249091718     PISSN: 15701808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157018009787582633     Document Type: Article

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