Pyridinium cationic-dimer antimalarials, unlike chloroquine, act selectively between the schizont stage and the ring stage of Plasmodium falciparum

M Yoshikawa, K Motoshima, K Fujimoto, A Tai…

Index: Yoshikawa, Mai; Motoshima, Kazunori; Fujimoto, Kanji; Tai, Akihiro; Kakuta, Hiroki; Sasaki, Kenji Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 16, # 11 p. 6027 - 6033

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Abstract

Malaria is a leading cause of death in developing countries, and the emergence of strains resistant to the main therapeutic agent, chloroquine, has become a serious problem. We have developed cationic-dimer type antimalarials, MAP-610 and PMAP-H10, which are structurally different from chloroquine. In this study, we introduced several substituents on the terminal phenyl rings of PMAP-H10. The electronic and hydrophobic properties of the ...