Assessment of the induction of dormant ring stages in Plasmodium falciparum parasites by artemisone and artemisone entrapped in Pheroid vesicles in vitro.

نویسندگان

  • Lizette Grobler
  • Marina Chavchich
  • Richard K Haynes
  • Michael D Edstein
  • Anne F Grobler
چکیده

The in vitro antimalarial activities of artemisone and artemisone entrapped in Pheroid vesicles were compared, as was their ability to induce dormancy in Plasmodium falciparum. There was no increase in the activity of artemisone entrapped in Pheroid vesicles against multidrug-resistant P. falciparum lines. Artemisone induced the formation of dormant ring stages similar to dihydroartemisinin. Thus, the Pheroid delivery system neither improved the activity of artemisone nor prevented the induction of dormant rings.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

دوره 58 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014