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Chemometric modeling, docking and in silico design of triazolopyrimidine-based dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors as antimalarials

Author(s): 
Probir Kumar Ojha, Kunal Roy
Reference: 
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 45, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 4645-4656
Contact email: 
kunalroy_in@yahoo.com

In the present work, QSAR and molecular docking studies have been performed on triazolopyrimidine-based dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors as antimalarial agents.

Opinion | Duffy antigen inhibitors: useful therapeutics for malaria?

Author(s): 
Tracy M. Handel, Richard Horuk
Reference: 
Trends in Parasitology, Volume 26, Issue 7, July 2010, Pages 329-333
Contact email: 
rhoruk@ucdavis.edu

In this perspective, we propose that the development of small molecule inhibitors of the Duffy antigen, the portal of infection of P. vivax, would be a novel and potentially effective approach for treating this form of malaria.

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