Profiling of the anti-malarial drug candidate SC83288 against artemisinins in Plasmodium falciparum

Profiling of the anti-malarial drug candidate SC83288 against artemisinins in Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract Background The increased resistance of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to currently employed drugs creates an urgent call for novel anti-malarial drugs. Particularly, efforts should be devoted to developing fast-acting anti-malarial compounds in case clinical resistance inc...

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Main Authors: Maëlle Duffey, Cecilia P. Sanchez, Michael Lanzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
Anti-malarial drug
Artemisinin
Severe malaria
Drug development
Artemisinin-based combination therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2279-4

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