Synergism of antimalarial antibiotics with hydrogen peroxide in inhibiting Plasmodium falciparum growth in culture

Although morbidity and mortality from malaria have steadily decreased worldwide, the ever present menace of the appearance of Plasmodium falciparum resistant to all antimalarials in current use, including most recently to artemisinin and its analogs, is of utmost concern, especially when development of new and affordable antimalarials has not kept abreast of this phenomenon. An alternative approach is to identify synergistic drug combinations, which would allow employment of otherwise non-efficacious antimalarial drugs. This study demonstrates that combinations of the chemical oxidant hydrogen hydroxide with antimalarial antibiotics targeting parasite mitochondrial and apicoplast ribosomes, which normally produce 'delayed-death' of parasites, act synergistically to inhibit P. falciparum growth in culture.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 45(2014), 1 vom: 26. Jan., Seite 1-5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Utaida, Sugunya [VerfasserIn]
Auparakkitanon, Saranya [VerfasserIn]
Wilairat, Prapon [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

66974FR9Q1
886U3H6UFF
98600C0908
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimalarials
BBX060AN9V
Chloramphenicol
Chloroquine
Cycloheximide
F8VB5M810T
Hydrogen Peroxide
Journal Article
Oxidants
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tetracycline

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.07.2014

Date Revised 26.06.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM239521528