Plasmodium falciparum malaria, an infectious disease caused by a parasitic protozoan,
claims the lives of nearly a million children each year in Africa alone and is a top public …

Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

The textbook of “Phytochemistry and bioactive compounds”, Volume 2 of the series—
Therapeutic use of Medicinal Plants and their Extracts, has been written to meet the needs of …

Malaria is a major public health problem mainly due to the development of resistance by the
most lethal causative parasitic species, Plasmodium falciparum to the mainstay drugs like …

BACKGROUND: The review presents the 2005–2006 peer-reviewed marine pharmacology
literature, and follows a similar format to the authors' 1998–2004 reviews. The preclinical …

As part of a continuing program to identify novel treatments for neglected parasitic diseases,
the Panama International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) program has been …

The ocean occupies three-fourths of the Earth's surface and hosts approximately 80% of all
living species. In fact, some areas of the sea such as coral reefs possess a biodiversity …

Malaria is an infectious disease causing at least 1 million deaths per year, and,
unfortunately, the chemical entities available to treat malaria are still too limited. In this …

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) represent a serious threat to humans, especially for
those living in poor or develo** countries. Almost one-sixth of the world population is at …

There is an urgent need for the development of new antimalarial drugs with novel modes of
actions. The malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has a relatively small kinome of< …