Interactions of the antimalarial drug methylene blue with methemoglobin and heme targets in Plasmodium falciparum: A physico-biochemical study

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 544-554

  Blank, Olga ^a   Davioud Charvet, Elisabeth ^a   Elhabiri, Mourad ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA HEMATIN; HEMATIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOZOIN; IRON; LEUCOMETHYLENE BLUE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIMERIZATION; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84862574093     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4239     Document Type: Article

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