申请人:The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
公开号:US04791135A1
公开(公告)日:1988-12-13
This invention relates to novel dihydroartemisinin derivatives, including their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, which are therapeutically-effective in the pre- and post-treatment of malarial infections.
A one-pot conversion of artemisinin to its ether derivatives
作者:Chandan Singh、Pallavi Tiwari
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01607-6
日期:2002.9
A one-pot preparation of artemether, arteether and related antimalarial compounds from artemisinin, using NaBH4/ Amberlyst-15, is reported. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effects of highly active novel artemisinin–chloroquinoline hybrid compounds on β-hematin formation, parasite morphology and endocytosis in Plasmodium falciparum
作者:Tzu-Shean Feng、Eric M. Guantai、Margo Nell、Constance E.J. van Rensburg、Kanyile Ncokazi、Timothy J. Egan、Heinrich C. Hoppe、Kelly Chibale
DOI:10.1016/j.bcp.2011.04.018
日期:2011.8
4-Aminoquinolines were hybridized with artemisinin and 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives via the Ugi-four-component condensation reaction, and their biological activities investigated. The artemisinin-containing compounds 6a-c and its salt 6c-citrate were the most active target compounds in the antiplasmodial assays. However, despite the potent in vitro activities, they also displayed cytotoxicity against a mammalian cell-line, and had lower therapeutic indices than chloroquine. Morphological changes in parasites treated with these artemisinin-containing hybrid compounds were similar to those observed after addition of artemisinin. These hybrid compounds appeared to share mechanism(s) of action with both chloroquine and artemisinin: they exhibited potent beta-hematin inhibitory activities; they caused an increase in accumulation of hemoglobin within the parasites that was intermediate between the increase observed with artesunate and chloroquine; and they also appeared to inhibit endocytosis as suggested by the decrease in the number of transport vesicles in the parasites. No cross-resistance with chloroquine was observed for these hybrid compounds, despite the fact that they contained the chloroquinoline moiety. The hybridization strategy therefore appeared to be borrowing the best from both classes of antimalarials. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.