Stereodynamic investigation of labile stereogenic centres in dihydroartemisinin

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1309-1323

  D'Acquarica, Ilaria ^a   Gasparrini, Francesco ^a   Kotoni, Dorina ^a   Pierini, Marco ^a   Villani, Claudio ^a   Cabri, Walter ^b   Di Mattia, Michela ^b   Giorgi, Fabrizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Cryo HPLC; Dihydroartemisinin (DHA); Dynamic HPLC (DHPLC); On column epimerization

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROQUINGHAOSU;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77950364354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15031309     Document Type: Review

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