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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2013

Amazonian plant natural products: perspectives for discovery of new antimalarial drug leads.

Adrian Martin Pohlit, Renata Braga Souza Lima, Gina Frausin, Luiz Francisco Rocha E Silva, Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes, Carolina Borsoi Moraes, Pedro Cravo, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, André Machado Siqueira, Lucio H Freitas-Junior and 1 more

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Adrian Martin PohlitInstituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia-INPA, Av. André Araújo 2936, 69067-375 Manaus, AM, Brazil. ampohlit@inpa.gov.br
Renata Braga Souza Lima
Gina Frausin
Luiz Francisco Rocha E Silva
Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes
Carolina Borsoi Moraes
Pedro Cravo
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
André Machado Siqueira
Lucio H Freitas-Junior
Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa
National Institute of Amazonian Research · BRUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRBrazilian Biosciences National Laboratory · BRBrazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials · BRFundação de Medicina Tropical · BRUniversidade Evangelica de Goiás · BRUniversidade Federal do Amazonas · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria parasites are now resistant, or showing signs of resistance, to most drugs used in therapy. Novel chemical entities that exhibit new mechanisms of antiplasmodial action are needed. New antimalarials that block transmission of Plasmodium spp. from humans to Anopheles mosquito vectors are key to malaria eradication efforts. Although P. vivax causes a considerable number of malaria cases, its importance has for long been neglected. Vivax malaria can cause severe manifestations and death; hence there is a need for P. vivax-directed research. Plants used in traditional medicine, namely Artemisia annua and Cinchona spp. are the sources of the antimalarial natural products artemisinin and quinine, respectively. Based on these compounds, semi-synthetic artemisinin-derivatives and synthetic quinoline antimalarials have been developed and are the most important drugs in the current therapeutic arsenal for combating malaria. In the Amazon region, where P. vivax predominates, there is a local tradition of using plant-derived preparations to treat malaria. Here, we review the current P. falciparum and P. vivax drug-sensitivity assays, focusing on challenges and perspectives of drug discovery for P. vivax, including tests against hypnozoites. We also present the latest findings of our group and others on the antiplasmodial and antimalarial chemical components from Amazonian plants that may be potential drug leads against malaria.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAntimalarialsArtemisia annuaBiological ProductsChloroquineHumansMalariaPlasmodium falciparumQuinineAntimalarialsBiological ProductsChloroquineQuinine

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PMID23917112
PMCPMC6270278
OpenAlexW2147280469

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