Anti-plasmodial activity of aroylhydrazone and thiosemicarbazone iron chelators: Effect on erythrocyte membrane integrity, parasite development and the intracellular labile iron pool.

This study has implications for malaria chemotherapy that specifically disrupts parasite iron utilization. PMID: 24028863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24028863?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry - August 26, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Walcourt A, Kurantsin-Mills J, Kwagyan J, Adenuga BB, Kalinowski DS, Lovejoy DB, Lane DJ, Richardson DR Tags: J Inorg Biochem Source Type: research