Simple 1,2-aminoalcohols as strain-specific antimalarial agents

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000 Oct;46(4):625-8. doi: 10.1093/jac/46.4.625.

Abstract

We report here the in vitro activity of a selection of 1, 2-aminoalcohol-containing compounds against cloned strains of human Plasmodium falciparum. These compounds exhibit moderate antimalarial activity but a high degree of strain specificity, preferentially inhibiting a chloroquine-resistant strain of the organism.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Ethanolamines / chemistry
  • Ethanolamines / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Leucine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Leucine / chemistry
  • Leucine / pharmacology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Protease Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Protease Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Ethanolamines
  • Protease Inhibitors
  • Leucine
  • ubenimex