Virtual screening as a tool to discover new β-haematin inhibitors with activity against malaria parasites

Abstract Malaria remains a major public health problem. With the loss of antimalarials to resistance, the malaria burden will likely continue for decades. New antimalarial scaffolds are crucial to avoid cross-resistance. Here, we present the first structure based virtual screening using the β-haemat...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina C. de Sousa, Jill M. Combrinck, Keletso Maepa, Timothy J. Egan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60221-0

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