Natural products as starting points for future anti-malarial therapies: going back to our roots?

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Author: Wells Timothy NC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Downfall; Downfall The
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-S1-S3; https://doaj.org/article/801f29b5690a463c93bbdf1a136a5eb8

Abstract Background The discovery and development of new anti-malarials are at a crossroads. Fixed dose artemisinin combination therapy is now being used to treat a hundred million children each year, with a cost as low as 30 cents per child, with cure rates of over 95%. However, as with all anti-in...