Targeting Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria by Repurposing the Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Drug Alisporivir
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DOI: 10.1128/aac.00392-22
Abstract: The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance raises an urgent need to find new antimalarial drugs. Here, we report the rational repurposing of the anti-hepatitis C virus drug, alisporivir, a nonimmunosuppressive analog of cyclosporin A, against… read more here.
Keywords: alisporivir; anti hepatitis; artemisinin resistant; repurposing anti ... See more keywords
Repurposing Anti-Malaria Phytomedicine Artemisinin as a COVID-19 Drug
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.649532
Abstract: Artemisinin is an anti-inflammatory phytomedicine with broad-spectrum antiviral activity. Artemisinin and its antimalarial properties were discovered by the Chinese scientist Tu Youyu, who became one of the laureates of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; covid drug; drug; anti malaria ... See more keywords