Autofluorescent antimalarials by hybridization of artemisinin and coumarin: <i>in vitro</i>/<i>in vivo</i> studies and live-cell imaging
Lars Herrmann, Maria Leidenberger, A. Morais, Christina Mai, Aysun Çapcı, Mariana da Cruz Borges Silva, Fabian Plass, Axel Kahnt, Diogo Rodrigo Magalhães Moreira, Barbara Kappes, Svetlana B. Tsogoeva
Abstract
First antimalarial autofluorescent artemisinin–coumarin hybrids are highly in vitro / in vivo active, able to overcome drug resistances and are suitable for investigating their mode of action in living P. falciparum parasites by fluorescence microscopy.
Topics & Concepts
ArtemisininCoumarinIn vivoIn vitroPharmacologyMalariaPlasmodium falciparumTraditional medicineChemistryMedicineBiologyBiochemistryImmunologyGeneticsOrganic chemistrySynthesis and biological activityClick Chemistry and ApplicationsMalaria Research and Control