Chemotherapy for fighting schistosomiasis: past, present and future

P Mäder, GA Rennar, AMP Ventura… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy based on repeated doses of praziquantel remains the most effective control
strategy against schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by platyhelminths of …

Arylmethylamino steroids as antiparasitic agents

R Krieg, E Jortzik, AA Goetz, S Blandin, S Wittlin… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In search of antiparasitic agents, we here identify arylmethylamino steroids as potent
compounds and characterize more than 60 derivatives. The lead compound 1o is fast acting …

Drug discovery and development for schistosomiasis

CR Caffrey, N El‐Sakkary, P Mäder… - … : drug discovery and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease of poverty that is caused by several species of the
trematode flatworm, Schistosoma. Treatment relies on just one drug, the …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro antimalarial activity of different extracts of Eremostachys macrophylla Montbr. & Auch.

S Asnaashari, FH Afshar, A Ebrahimi… - BioImpacts …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Introduction: The risk of drug resistance and the use of medicinal plants in malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Screening of anti-malarial activity of different extracts obtained from three species of Scrophularia growing in Iran

FH Afshar, A Delazar, S Asnaashari… - Iranian journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Scrophularia genus belonging to the family of Scrophulariaceae, is a medicinal plant widely
distributed in Iran. In the present study, the anti-malarial activity of different extracts of three …

Isolation of acetylated bile acids from the sponge Siphonochalina fortis and DNA damage evaluation by the comet assay

LPP Cano, SA Bartolotta, NA Casanova, GE Siless… - Steroids, 2013 - Elsevier
From the organic extracts of the sponge Siphonochalina fortis, collected at Bahía
Bustamante, Chubut, Argentina, three major compounds were isolated and identified as …

Synthesis of novel α-aminoecdysteroids via regio-and stereoselective oximation/hydrogenation of 20-hydroxyecdysone derivatives

RG Savchenko, SA Kostyleva… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Oximation of 20-hydroxyecdysone oxo derivatives proceeds regio-and stereoselectively and
provides (E)-configured oximes in quantitative yields. The Ni–Ra-catalyzed hydrogenation of …

[PDF][PDF] In vivo antiplasmodial activity of extract and fractions of Trema orientalis in P. berghei-induced malaria in mice

O Olanlokun, M David, T Ilori, V Abe - J Coast Life Med, 2016 - academia.edu
Objective: To assess the in vivo antimalarial potential of various solvent extracts and
fractions of Trema orientalis. Methods: In this study, the animal model of antimalarial activity …

Chemical Synthesis of the Epimeric (23R)- and (23S)-Fluoro Derivatives of Bile Acids via Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons Reaction

K Omura, Y Adachi, Y Kobayashi, S Sekiguchi, B Zhou… - Lipids, 2015 - Springer
A method for the synthesis of two (23 R)-and (23 S)-epimeric pairs of 23-fluoro-3α, 7α, 12α-
trihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid and 23-fluoro-3α, 7α-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid is …

Improved Chemical Synthesis, X‐Ray Crystallographic Analysis, and NMR Characterization of (22R)‐/(22S)‐Hydroxy Epimers of Bile Acids

K Omura, A Ohsaki, B Zhou, M Kushida, T Mitsuma… - Lipids, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We report an improved synthesis of the (22R)‐and (22S)‐epimers of 3α, 7α, 12α, 22‐
tetrahydroxy‐5β‐cholan‐24‐oic acid and 3α, 7α, 22‐trihydroxy‐5β‐cholan‐24‐oic acid from …