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ReviewMolecular biotechnology2022

Plants as Sources of Natural and Recombinant Antimalaria Agents.

Peyman Habibi, Yao Shi, Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa, Imran Khan

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Review in Molecular biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Peyman HabibiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Yao ShiDepartment of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Maria Fatima Grossi-de-SaEmbrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Imran KhanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. ikhan@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-5359
University of Pennsylvania · USBrazilian Agricultural Research Corporation · BRUniversity of California System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is one of the severe infectious diseases that has victimized about half a civilization billion people each year worldwide. The application of long-lasting insecticides is the main strategy to control malaria; however, a surge in antimalarial drug development is also taking a leading role to break off the infections. Although, recurring drug resistance can compromise the efficiency of both conventional and novel antimalarial medicines. The eradication of malaria is significantly contingent on discovering novel potent agents that are low cost and easy to administer. In this context, plant metabolites inhibit malaria infection progression and might potentially be utilized as an alternative treatment for malaria, such as artemisinin. Advances in genetic engineering technology, especially the advent of molecular farming, have made plants more versatile in producing protein drugs (PDs) to treat infectious diseases, including malaria. These recent developments in genetic modifications have enabled the production of native pharmaceutically active compounds and the accumulation of diverse heterologous proteins such as human antibodies, booster vaccines, and many PDs to treat infectious diseases and genetic disorders. This review will discuss the pivotal role of a plant-based production system that expresses natural antimalarial agents or host protein drugs to cure malaria infections. The potential of these natural and induced compounds will support modern healthcare systems in treating malaria infections, especially in developing countries to mitigate human fatalities.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemisininsCommunicable DiseasesInsecticidesMalariaPlants, MedicinalVaccinesHumansAntimalarialsArtemisininsInsecticidesVaccinesGenetic engineeringMalariaMedicinal plantsMolecular farmingVaccine

Identifiers

PMID35488142
PMCPMC9053566
OpenAlexW4225137639

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