The emergence and spread of drug resistance of the malaria parasite to the main treatment emphasize the need to develop new antimalarial drugs. In this context, the fatty acid biosynthesis (FAS_II) pathway of the malaria parasite is one of the ideal targets due to its crucial role in parasite survival. In this study, we report the expression and the affinity binding of Fab_I and Fab_Z after exposure to the parasite with different extracts of the .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe global spread of multi-drug resistant P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalaria is the eighth highest contributor to global disease burden with 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths reported in 2015. There is an urgent need to develop multiple target drug to curb growing resistance by due to use of single target drugs and lack of vaccines. Based on a previous study, 3-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy) aniline (ANI) inhibits enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common enzymopathy with a relatively high frequency in malaria-endemic regions. In Eritrea, there is scanty knowledge of G6PD deficiency. The aim of the study was to characterize and determine the prevalence of four common G6PD allelic variants.
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