IN-VITRO GAMETOCYTOCIDAL ACTIVITY OF ARTEMISININ AND ITS DERIVATIVES ON PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM

被引:26
|
作者
MEHRA, N
BHASIN, VK
机构
[1] Department of Zoology, University of Delhi
来源
关键词
D O I
10.7883/yoken1952.46.37
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Artemisinin and six of its derivatives were evaluated for their in vitro gametocytocidal and erythrocytic schizontocidal properties on an Indian isolate of Plasmodium falciparum. One of the metabolic derivatives, DADF-dihydroartemisinin (NIH02), was found to possess gametocytocidal and erythrocytic schizontocidal properties similar to those of artemisinin. Gametocytes of this isolate were highly susceptible to the toxic effect of NIH02 (IC50=6.6 ng/ml) and younger stages were more sensitive. This is the first report about the in vitro game to cytocidal properties of a derivative of artemisinin.
引用
收藏
页码:37 / 43
页数:7
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [11] ACTIVITY IN-VITRO OF DOXYCYCLINE AGAINST MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
    BASCO, LK
    LEBRAS, J
    TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 1993, 87 (04) : 469 - 470
  • [12] MORPHOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ARTEMISININ IN PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
    MAENO, Y
    TOYOSHIMA, T
    FUJIOKA, H
    ITO, Y
    MESHNICK, SR
    BENAKIS, A
    MILHOUS, WK
    AIKAWA, M
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 1993, 49 (04): : 485 - 491
  • [13] IN-VITRO ACTIVITY OF ATOVAQUONE AGAINST THE AFRICAN ISOLATES AND CLONES OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
    BASCO, LK
    RAMILIARISOA, O
    LEBRAS, J
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 1995, 53 (04): : 388 - 391
  • [14] PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM-VIVAX - LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATION FOR IN-VITRO DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSAY
    BASCO, LK
    MARQUET, F
    MAKLER, MM
    LEBRAS, J
    EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY, 1995, 80 (02) : 260 - 271
  • [15] INVESTIGATIONS OF IN-VITRO CHLOROQUINE SENSITIVITY OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM IN THAILAND
    COLWELL, EJ
    HICKMAN, RL
    PHINTUYOTHIN, P
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 1972, 39 (NOV): : 325 - 330
  • [16] THE EFFECT OF CURDLAN SULFATE ON IN-VITRO GROWTH OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
    HAVLIK, I
    ROVELLI, S
    KANEKO, Y
    TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 1994, 88 (06) : 686 - 687
  • [17] PENETRATION OF HUMAN FETAL ERYTHROCYTES BY PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM IN-VITRO
    DIGGS, C
    PAVANAND, K
    PERMPANI.B
    NUMSUWAN.V
    HAUPT, R
    CHUANAK, N
    JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, 1971, 57 (01) : 187 - &
  • [18] IN-VITRO ACTIVITY OF MITOCHONDRIAL ATP-SYNTHETASE INHIBITORS AGAINST PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
    BASCO, LK
    LEBRAS, J
    JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY, 1994, 41 (03) : 179 - 183
  • [19] INCREASED ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF AZITHROMYCIN DURING PROLONGED EXPOSURE OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM IN-VITRO
    YEO, AET
    RIECKMANN, KH
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1995, 25 (04) : 531 - 532
  • [20] IN-VITRO SENSITIVITY OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM TO DRUGS THAT BIND DNA OR INHIBIT ITS SYNTHESIS
    LEE, S
    INSELBURG, J
    JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, 1993, 79 (05) : 780 - 782