Quinoline drug–heme interactions and implications for antimalarial cytostatic versus cytocidal activities

AP Gorka, A de Dios, PD Roepe - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Historically, the most successful molecular target for antimalarial drugs has been heme
biomineralization within the malarial parasite digestive vacuole. Heme released from …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on the piezoelectric, electrochemical, and optical biosensors for the detection of protozoan pathogens

M Feyziazar, M Amini, A Jahanban-Esfahlan… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The important protozoan parasites including Plasmodium, Leishmania, Toxoplasma,
Trypanosoma and Giardia have been proved as the main reason initiating and developing …

Antimalarial activity of small-molecule benzothiazole hydrazones

S Sarkar, AA Siddiqui, SJ Saha, R De… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
We synthesized a new series of conjugated hydrazones that were found to be active against
malaria parasite in vitro, as well as in vivo in a murine model. These hydrazones …

Considerations on the mechanism of action of artemisinin antimalarials: Part 1-The'carbon radical'and'heme'hypotheses

R K. Haynes, KW Cheu, D N'Da… - Infectious Disorders …, 2013 - benthamdirect.com
The isolation of artemisinin from the traditional medicinal herb qīng hāo (Artemisia annua),
its characterization as a peroxide and preparation of the derivatives dihydroartemisinin …

Syntheses and biological studies of marine terpenoids derived from inorganic cyanide

MJ Schnermann, RA Shenvi - Natural product reports, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering up to 2014 Isocyanoterpenes (ICTs) are marine natural products biosynthesized
through an unusual pathway that adorns terpene scaffolds with nitrogenous functionality …

Quercetin as a promising antiprotozoan phytochemical: current knowledge and future research avenues

H Memariani, M Memariani… - BioMed Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite tremendous advances in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, only
few antiparasitic drugs have been developed to date. Protozoan infections such as malaria …

Development of electrochemical nanosensor for the detection of malaria parasite in clinical samples

OR Obisesan, AS Adekunle, JAO Oyekunle… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this study, electrochemical nanosensors were developed from the synthesized metal
oxide (MO) nanoparticles by supporting it on a gold electrode (Au). The activity of the …

Bioactive naphthoquinones from higher plants

I Hook, C Mills, H Sheridan - Studies in natural products chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
This review analyzes the more recent publications concerning the distribution, chemistry,
and bioactivities of naphthoquinones (NQs) in higher plants. These highly reactive …

Ferroquine as an oxidative shock antimalarial

D Dive, C Biot - Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the course of the development of the antimalarial ferroquine, we have developed many
ideas about its specific mechanism of action. Those ideas have enabled us to propose …

Artemisone and artemiside are potent panreactive antimalarial agents that also synergize redox imbalance in Plasmodium falciparum transmissible gametocyte …

D Coertzen, J Reader, M Van Der Watt… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of resistance toward artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) by the
malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has the potential to severely compromise malaria …