The lactate and the lactate dehydrogenase in inflammatory diseases and major risk factors in COVID-19 patients

GS Gupta - Inflammation, 2022 - Springer
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a terminating enzyme in the metabolic pathway of
anaerobic glycolysis with end product of lactate from glucose. The lactate formation is crucial …

Malaria therapeutics: are we close enough?

H Tripathi, P Bhalerao, S Singh, H Arya, BS Alotaibi… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Malaria is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite
Plasmodium. Malaria is a significant health problem and the leading cause of …

Identification of a novel binding mechanism of Quinoline based molecules with lactate dehydrogenase of Plasmodium falciparum

R Singh, V Bhardwaj, R Purohit - Journal of Biomolecular Structure …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The deadliest disease caused by the Plasmodium species is malaria. Among other species,
the infection caused by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is life-threatening. The biological …

Global phenotypic screening for antimalarials

WA Guiguemde, AA Shelat, JF Garcia-Bustos… - Chemistry & biology, 2012 - cell.com
Malaria, a devastating infectious disease caused by Plasmodium spp., leads to roughly
655,000 deaths per year, mostly of African children. To compound the problem, drug …

Antiprotozoal activity profiling of approved drugs: a starting point toward drug repositioning

M Kaiser, P Mäser, LP Tadoori, JR Ioset, R Brun - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Neglected tropical diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality and are a source of
poverty in endemic countries. Only a few drugs are available to treat diseases such as …

Antiplasmodial activity of coumarins isolated from Polygala boliviensis: in vitro and in silico studies

DF da Silva, JL de Souza, DM da Costa… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polygala boliviensis is found in the Brazilian semiarid region. This specie is little chemically
and biologically studied. Polygala spp. have different metabolites, especially coumarins …

The ferredoxin redox system–an essential electron distributing hub in the apicoplast of Apicomplexa

OA Akuh, R Elahi, ST Prigge, F Seeber - Trends in parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
The apicoplast, a relict plastid found in most species of the phylum Apicomplexa, harbors the
ferredoxin redox system which supplies electrons to enzymes of various metabolic pathways …

Inhibition of lactate dehydrogenase activity as an approach to cancer therapy

L Fiume, M Manerba, M Vettraino… - Future medicinal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In the attempt of developing innovative anticancer treatments, growing interest has recently
focused on the peculiar metabolic properties of cancer cells. In this context, LDH, which …

Lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase: Potential antiparasitic targets for drug development studies

F Kayamba, M Faya, OJ Pooe, B Kushwaha… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parasitic diseases remain a major public health concern for humans, claiming millions of
lives annually. Although different treatments are required for these diseases, drug usage is …

Design, Synthesis, and Herbicidal Activity of N-Benzyl-5-cyclopropyl-isoxazole-4-carboxamides

XL Sun, ZM Ji, SP Wei, ZQ Ji - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Based on the structures of isoxaflutole (IFT) and N-isobutyl-N-(4-chloro-benzyl)-4-chloro-2-
pentenamide, a series of N-benzyl-5-cyclopropyl-isoxazole-4-carboxamides was designed …