Quinolines and structurally related heterocycles as antimalarials

K Kaur, M Jain, RP Reddy, R Jain - European journal of medicinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
The quinoline scaffold is prevalent in a variety of pharmacologically active synthetic and
natural compounds. The discovery of chloroquine, the most famous drug containing this …

Next‐generation antimalarial drugs: hybrid molecules as a new strategy in drug design

FW Muregi, A Ishih - Drug development research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is a disease that affects nearly 40% of the global population, and chemotherapy
remains the mainstay of its control strategy. The global malaria situation is increasingly …

Ferroptosis: a novel mechanism of artemisinin and its derivatives in cancer therapy

S Zhu, Q Yu, C Huo, Y Li, L He, B Ran… - Current medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone compound with a special peroxide
bridge that is tightly linked to the cytotoxicity involved in fighting malaria and cancer …

Function of nanocatalyst in chemistry of organic compounds revolution: an overview

K Hemalatha, G Madhumitha… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Heterocyclic motif is an important scaffold which has both industrial and pharmaceutical
applications. These motifs can be prepared using wide variety of reaction conditions such as …

Natural-product-based fluorescent probes: recent advances and applications

DB Sung, JS Lee - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent probes are attractive tools for biology, drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and
environmental analysis. In bioimaging, these easy-to-operate and inexpensive probes can …

Peroxides with anthelmintic, antiprotozoal, fungicidal and antiviral bioactivity: properties, synthesis and reactions

VA Vil', IA Yaremenko, AI Ilovaisky, AO Terent'ev - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The biological activity of organic peroxides is usually associated with the antimalarial
properties of artemisinin and its derivatives. However, the analysis of published data …

Exploration of artemisinin derivatives and synthetic peroxides in antimalarial drug discovery research

OPS Patel, RM Beteck, LJ Legoabe - European journal of medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Malaria is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by protozoal parasites belonging to
the genus Plasmodium. It caused an estimated 405,000 deaths and 228 million malaria …

Artemisinin and derivatives-based hybrid compounds: promising therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and malaria

S Peter, S Jama, S Alven, BA Aderibigbe - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer and malaria are major health conditions around the world despite many strategies
and therapeutics available for their treatment. The most used strategy for the treatment of …

Molecular hybridization as a strategy for developing artemisinin-derived anticancer candidates

E Marchesi, D Perrone, ML Navacchia - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Artemisinin is a natural compound extracted from Artemisia species belonging to the
Asteraceae family. Currently, artemisinin and its derivatives are considered among the most …

Heme mediates cytotoxicity from artemisinin and serves as a general anti-proliferation target

S Zhang, GS Gerhard - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Heme (Fe2+ protoporphyrin IX) is an essential molecule that has been implicated the potent
antimalarial action of artemisinin and its derivatives, although the source and nature of the …