How can natural products serve as a viable source of lead compounds for the development of new/novel anti-malarials?

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Chibale Kelly, Guantai Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Start Point
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-S1-S2; https://doaj.org/article/f350060e563843e59881fc41dde199a3

Abstract Malaria continues to be an enormous global health challenge, with millions of new infections and deaths reported annually. This is partly due to the development of resistance by the malaria parasite to the majority of established anti-malarial drugs, a situation that continues to hamper att...