ReviewExpert review of anti-infective therapy2009
Discovery, mechanisms of action and combination therapy of artemisinin.
Review in Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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120 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 361 citations in OpenAlex.
- Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and drug resistance molecular markers: A systematic review of clinical studies from two malaria endemic regions - India and sub-Saharan Africa.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2021Pooled it
- Artemisinin Therapy for Malaria in Hemoglobinopathies: A Systematic Review.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Pooled it
- Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra tea infusions vs. artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) in treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a large scale, double blind, randomized clinical trial.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southwestern Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2015Trial
- Phytochemical characterization and bioactivity evaluation of Artemisia abyssinica methanolic extract as a baseline for bioresource exploration.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2026Article
- Novel Yunaconitine Derivatives as Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Inhibitors and Radical Scavenger: Design, Synthesis, in Vitro Cellular Evaluation, and Molecular Docking Study.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026Article
- Novel heterospirocyclic antimalarials with activity against artemisinin- and multidrug-resistant P. falciparum malaria.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Preclinical Evaluation of Repurposed Antimalarial Artemisinins for the Treatment of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Malaria parasite cysteine and aspartic proteases as key drug targets for antimalarial therapy.Journal of molecular modeling · 2025Review
- Development and experimental validation of a machine learning model for the prediction of new antimalarials.BMC chemistry · 2025Article
- Design, Synthesis, Antitumor, and Antiplasmodial Evaluation of New 7-Chloroquinoline-Benzimidazole Hybrids.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Advancing liposome technology for innovative strategies against malaria.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Review
- Probing the Antiplasmodial Properties of Plakortinic Acids C and D: An Uncommon Pair of Marine Peroxide-Polyketides Isolated from a Two-Sponge Association ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the neuroprotective role of artesunate in mouse models of anti-NMDAR encephalitis: insights from molecular mechanisms and transmission electron microscopy.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
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- An untapped window of opportunity for glioma: targeting therapy-induced senescence prior to recurrence.NPJ precision oncology · 2023Review
- Repurposing approved non-oncology drugs for cancer therapy: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical prospects.European journal of medical research · 2023Review
60 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Despite great international efforts, malaria still inflicts an enormous toll on human lives, especially in Africa. Throughout history, antimalarial medicines have been one of the most powerful tools in malaria control. However, the acquisition and spread of parasite strains that are resistant to multiple antimalarial drugs have become one of the greatest challenges to malaria treatment, and are associated with the increase in morbidity and mortality in many malaria-endemic countries. To deal with this grave situation, artemisinin-based combinatory therapies (ACTs) have been introduced and widely deployed in malarious regions. Artemisinin is a new class of antimalarial compounds discovered by Chinese scientists from the sweet wormwood Artemisia annua. The potential development of resistance to artemisinins by Plasmodium falciparum threatens the usable lifespan of ACTs, and therefore is a subject of close surveillance and extensive research. Studies at the Thai-Cambodian border, a historical epicenter of multidrug resistance, have detected reduced susceptibility to artemisinins as manifested by prolonged parasite-clearance times, raising considerable concerns on resistance development. Despite this significance, there is still controversy on the mode of action of artemisinins. Although a number of potential cellular targets of artemisinins have been proposed, they remain to be verified experimentally. Here, we review the history of artemisinin discovery, discuss the mode of action and potential drug targets, and present strategies to elucidate resistance mechanisms.
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