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New trends in anti-malarial agents
Frederich, Michel; Dogné, Jean-Michel; Angenot, Luc et al.
2002In Current Medicinal Chemistry, 9 (15), p. 1435-1456
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Abstract :
[en] Malaria is the major parasitic infection in many tropical and subtropical regions, leading to more than one million deaths (principally young African children) out of 400 million cases each year (WHO world health report 2000). More than half of the world's population live in areas where they remain at risk of malaria infection. During last years, the situation has worsened in many ways, mainly due to malarial parasites becoming increasingly resistant to several antimalarial drugs. Furthermore, the control of malaria is becoming more complicated by the parallel spread of resistance of the mosquito vector to currently available insecticides. Discovering new drugs in this field is therefore a health priority. Several new molecules are under investigation. This review describes the classical treatments of malaria and the latest discoveries in antimalarial agents, especially artemisinin and its recent derivatives as well as the novel peroxidic compounds.
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Frederich, Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacognosie
Dogné, Jean-Michel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Département de pharmacie
Angenot, Luc  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacognosie
De Mol, Patrick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Microbiologie médicale et virologie médicale
Language :
English
Title :
New trends in anti-malarial agents
Publication date :
August 2002
Journal title :
Current Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN :
0929-8673
eISSN :
1875-533X
Publisher :
Bentham Science Publ Ltd, Hilversum, Netherlands
Volume :
9
Issue :
15
Pages :
1435-1456
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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