Abstract
Plasmodium falciparum has a specific metabolism of particular interest because several of its features, with respect to the host human ones, are potential pharmacological targets. Such features have been more intensely investigated since 2002, thanks to the full sequencing of the genome of P. falciparum. In this review, we are interested in the potential metabolic targets of therapeutic interest identified and investigated over the past decade in terms of lead-to-drug development.
Keywords: Metabolic pathways, metabolic targets of therapeutic interest, plasmodial metabolic features, P. falciparum; plasmodial cellular compartments, selective antimalarial compounds.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:A Decade of Plasmodium falciparum Metabolic Pathways of Therapeutic Interest to Develop New Selective Antimalarial Drugs
Volume: 13 Issue: 9
Author(s): Anita Cohen, Aurélien Dumètre and Nadine Azas
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Keywords: Metabolic pathways, metabolic targets of therapeutic interest, plasmodial metabolic features, P. falciparum; plasmodial cellular compartments, selective antimalarial compounds.
Abstract: Plasmodium falciparum has a specific metabolism of particular interest because several of its features, with respect to the host human ones, are potential pharmacological targets. Such features have been more intensely investigated since 2002, thanks to the full sequencing of the genome of P. falciparum. In this review, we are interested in the potential metabolic targets of therapeutic interest identified and investigated over the past decade in terms of lead-to-drug development.
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Cohen Anita, Dumètre Aurélien and Azas Nadine, A Decade of Plasmodium falciparum Metabolic Pathways of Therapeutic Interest to Develop New Selective Antimalarial Drugs, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 13 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13895575113139990060
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13895575113139990060 |
Print ISSN 1389-5575 |
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