Michela Bruno, Beatrice Trucchi, Diego Monti, Sergio Romeo, Marcel Kaiser, Luisella Verotta
ChemMedChem 2013 FebAu naturel! (+)-Usnic acid (green) is a weak antimalarial agent, however, in conjugation with known antimalarial scaffolds and drugs, such as dihydroartemisinin (blue), potent activity against the blood-stage parasite can be seen both in vitro and in vivo. The compound shown exhibits an IC(50) value of 1.4 nM against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro and proved nearly as efficacious as artesunate in a mouse model of infection. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Michela Bruno, Beatrice Trucchi, Diego Monti, Sergio Romeo, Marcel Kaiser, Luisella Verotta. Synthesis of a potent antimalarial agent through natural products conjugation. ChemMedChem. 2013 Feb;8(2):221-5
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