[HTML][HTML] Artemisinin-resistant malaria: research challenges, opportunities, and public health implications

RM Fairhurst, GML Nayyar, JG Breman… - The American journal …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Artemisinin-based combination therapies are the most effective drugs to treat Plasmodium
falciparum malaria. Reduced sensitivity to artemisinin monotherapy, coupled with the …

Glutathione and infection

D Morris, M Khurasany, T Nguyen, J Kim… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The tripeptide γ-glutamylcysteinylglycine or glutathione (GSH) has
demonstrated protective abilities against the detrimental effects of oxidative stress within the …

Artemisinin activity against Plasmodium falciparum requires hemoglobin uptake and digestion

N Klonis, MP Crespo-Ortiz, I Bottova… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Combination regimens that include artemisinin derivatives are recommended as first line
antimalarials in most countries where malaria is endemic. However, the mechanism of …

Artemisinin activity-based probes identify multiple molecular targets within the asexual stage of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum 3D7

HM Ismail, V Barton, M Phanchana… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The artemisinin (ART)-based antimalarials have contributed significantly to reducing global
malaria deaths over the past decade, but we still do not know how they kill parasites. To gain …

Is simpler better? Synthetic nicotinamide cofactor analogues for redox chemistry

CE Paul, IWCE Arends, F Hollmann - Acs Catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
The topic of synthetic nicotinamide cofactor analogues is resurfacing as new approaches
are being explored, especially in the areas of organic chemistry and biocatalysis. By …

A click chemistry‐based proteomic approach reveals that 1, 2, 4‐trioxolane and artemisinin antimalarials share a common protein alkylation profile

HM Ismail, VE Barton, M Panchana… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of the recent increase in endoperoxide antimalarials under development, it remains
unclear if all these chemotypes share a common mechanism of action. This is important …

Synthetic Peroxides Promote Apoptosis of Cancer Cells by Inhibiting P‐Glycoprotein ABCB5

IA Yaremenko, P Coghi, P Prommana, C Qiu… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article discloses a new horizon for the application of peroxides in medical chemistry.
Stable cyclic peroxides are demonstrated to have cytotoxic activity against cancer cells; in …

Novel peroxides as promising anticancer agents with unexpected depressed antimalarial activity

P Coghi, IA Yaremenko, P Prommana… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty six peroxides belonging to bridged 1, 2, 4, 5‐tetraoxanes, bridged 1, 2, 4‐trioxolanes
(ozonides), and tricyclic monoperoxides were evaluated for their in vitro antimalarial activity …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Methylene blue for treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a randomized, controlled, open-label clinical trial, phase 2

D Hamidi-Alamdari, S Hafizi-Lotfabadi… - Revista de …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
HAMIDI-ALAMDARI, Daryoush et al. Methylene Blue for Treatment of Hospitalized COVID-
19 Patients: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Clinical Trial, Phase 2. Rev. invest …