Haematin-Quinoline interactions and structure-activity relationships in the antimalarial chloroquine and related compounds

Includes bibliographical references. === The nature of the ferriprotoporphyrin IX (Fe(III)PPIX) antimalarial drug target and its interactions with aminoquinolines was investigated spectrophotometrically. The antiquity of malaria, which is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, is dem...

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Main Author: Kaschula, Catherine Hart
Other Authors: Egan, Timothy J
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6316