Chemotherapeutic Agents Against Malaria: What Next After Chloroquine?

Author: Dominguez, J.N.

Source: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 2, Number 11, November 2002 , pp. 1173-1185(13)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

This is a general review of currently available antimalarial drugs, these compounds are gathered according with its chemical structure and the biological targets. A great number of these new antimalarial agents are now moving actively in the pipeline from basic science to clinical studies.

Keywords: antimalarial drugs; development of new antimalarial drugs; quinine andchloroquine analogues; artemisinin and its analogues

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026023392986

Publication date: 2002-11-01