Abstract
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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Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Antimalarials / pharmacology*
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Arachidonic Acid / chemistry
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Artemisinins / pharmacology*
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Cells, Cultured
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Drug Carriers*
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Drug Compounding
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Drug Resistance
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Erythrocytes / drug effects
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Erythrocytes / parasitology
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Humans
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Inhibitory Concentration 50
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Life Cycle Stages / drug effects*
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Life Cycle Stages / physiology
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Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
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Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
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Plasmodium falciparum / growth & development
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Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
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Ricinoleic Acids / chemistry
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alpha-Tocopherol / chemistry
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Artemisinins
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Drug Carriers
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Ricinoleic Acids
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Arachidonic Acid
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Polyethylene Glycols
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artenimol
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artemisone
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alpha-Tocopherol