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Antimalarial activity of primaquine operates via a two-step biochemical relay

Primaquine (PQ) is an essential antimalarial drug but despite being developed over 70 years ago, its mode of action is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that hydroxylated-PQ metabolites (OH-PQm) are responsible for efficacy against liver and sexual transmission stages of Plasmodium falciparum. The antim...

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Autores principales: Camarda, Grazia, Jirawatcharadech, Piyaporn, Priestley, Richard S., Saif, Ahmed, March, Sandra, Wong, Michael H. L., Leung, Suet, Miller, Alex B., Baker, David A., Alano, Pietro, Paine, Mark J. I., Bhatia, Sangeeta N., O’Neill, Paul M., Ward, Stephen A., Biagini, Giancarlo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31324806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11239-0