Bazedoxifene, a Postmenopausal Drug, Acts as an Antimalarial and Inhibits Hemozoin Formation

Bazedoxifene, a Postmenopausal Drug, Acts as an Antimalarial and Inhibits Hemozoin Formation

ABSTRACT Despite a remarkable improvement in health care and continued drug discovery efforts, malaria control efforts are continuously challenged by the emergence of drug-resistant parasite strains. Given a long and risky development path of new drugs, repurposing existing drugs for the treatment o...

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Main Authors: Renu Sudhakar, Navin Adhikari, Saniya Pamnani, Abhipsa Panda, Manish Bhattacharjee, Zeba Rizvi, Sadaf Shehzad, Dinesh Gupta, Puran Singh Sijwali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
selective estrogen receptor modulator
SERM
tamoxifen
raloxifene
malaria
Plasmodium
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02781-21

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