255730-31-5Relevant articles and documents
Artemisone - A highly active antimalarial drug of the artemisinin class
Haynes, Richard K.,Fugmann, Burkhard,Stetter, Joerg,Rieckmann, Karl,Heilmann, Hans-Dietrich,Chan, Ho-Wai,Cheung, Man-Ki,Lam, Wai-Lun,Wong, Ho-Ning,Croft, Simon L.,Vivas, Livia,Rattray, Lauren,Stewart, Lindsay,Peters, Wallace,Robinson, Brian L.,Edstein, Michael D.,Kotecka, Barbara,Kyle, Dennis E.,Beckermann, Bernhard,Gerisch, Michael,Radtke, Martin,Schmuck, Gabriele,Steinke, Wolfram,Wollborn, Ute,Schmeer, Karl,Roemer, Axel
, p. 2082 - 2088 (2006)
Artemisinin - the next generation: Efficacies of artemisone against the malaria parasite are substantially greater than those of the current artemisinin "gold standard", artesunate. Also, in contrast to most current artemisinins it displays low lipophilic
C1O-modified artemisinin derivatives: Efficient heme-alkylating agents
Laurent, Sophie A.-L.,Robert, Anne,Meunier, Bernard
, p. 2060 - 2063 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Discussion is reopened regarding C10-substituted derivatives of the peroxide-based antimalarial agent artemisinin (see picture); they are shown to react readily with iron(II)-heme to provide heme-drug adducts in high yields.