Antimalarial Drug Development: Past to Present Scenario

Title: Antimalarial Drug Development: Past to Present Scenario

Volume: 9 Issue: 12

Author(s): Meenakshi Dhanawat, Nirupam Das, Ramesh C. Nagarwal and S. K. Shrivastava

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Keywords: Malaria, antimalarials, drug-resistance, combination therapy, vaccines

Abstract: Malaria is a global health problem that needs attention of drug discovery scientists to investigate novel compounds with high drug efficacy, safety and low cost to counter the malaria parasites that are resistant to existing drug molecules. This is an overview of past to present status of antimalarial drugs including newly researched candidates and also the alternative approaches for the complete control of malaria.

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Dhanawat Meenakshi, Das Nirupam, Nagarwal C. Ramesh and Shrivastava K. S., Antimalarial Drug Development: Past to Present Scenario, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 9 (12) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955709789957323