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Okokon J, Mobley R, Edem U, Bassey A, Fadayomi I, Drijfhout F, et al.
Sci Rep . 2022 Jun; 12(1):10250. PMID: 35715548
Saccharum officinarum Linn. (sugarcane, Family-Poaceae) is employed in Ibibio traditional medicine for the treatment of various infections and diseases such as malaria. We This study aims to assess the antiplasmodial...
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Luo J, Mobley R, Woodfine S, Drijfhout F, Horrocks P, Ren X, et al.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2022 Mar; 106(7):2433-2444. PMID: 35355096
Artemisinin is a component part of current frontline medicines for the treatment of malaria. The aim of this study is to make analogues of artemisinin using microbial transformation and evaluate...
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Uche F, Guo X, Okokon J, Ullah I, Horrocks P, Boateng J, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2020 Dec; 65(2). PMID: 33257443
Bisbenzylisoquinoline (BBIQ) alkaloids are a diverse group of natural products that demonstrate a range of biological activities. In this study, the antiplasmodial activity of three BBIQ alkaloids (cycleanine [compound 1],...
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Czechowski T, Rinaldi M, Famodimu M, Van Veelen M, Larson T, Winzer T, et al.
Front Plant Sci . 2019 Aug; 10:984. PMID: 31417596
Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone produced by glandular secretory trichomes, is the active ingredient in the most effective treatment for uncomplicated malaria caused by parasites. Other metabolites in or related species,...
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Aldulaimi O, Drijfhout F, Uche F, Horrocks P, Li W
BMC Complement Altern Med . 2019 Jul; 19(1):183. PMID: 31340805
Background: Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms (Family Leguminosae) (CG) is an African medicinal plant used as a treatment of various ailments including malaria, liver diseases, and gastrointestinal disturbances. Its extracts showed potent...
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Berry S, Hameed H, Thomason A, Maciej-Hulme M, Abou-Akkada S, Horrocks P, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2018 Jul; 12(7):e0006639. PMID: 30001317
The protozoan parasite Leishmania causes leishmaniasis; a spectrum of diseases of which there are an estimated 1 million new cases each year. Current treatments are toxic, expensive, difficult to administer,...
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Johnson-Ajinwo O, Ullah I, Mbye H, Richardson A, Horrocks P, Li W
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2018 Mar; 28(7):1219-1222. PMID: 29519737
Thymoquinone (TQ), 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, a natural product isolated from Nigella sativa L., has previously been demonstrated to exhibit antiproliferative activity in vitro against a range of cancers as well as the...
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Harris L, Monsell K, Noulin F, Famodimu M, Smargiasso N, Damblon C, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2018 Jan; 62(3). PMID: 29311059
G-quadruplexes are DNA or RNA secondary structures that can be formed from guanine-rich nucleic acids. These four-stranded structures, composed of stacked quartets of guanine bases, can be highly stable and...
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Boyle M, Skidmore M, Dickerman B, Cooper L, Devlin A, Yates E, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2017 Sep; 61(11). PMID: 28893781
Despite recent successful control efforts, malaria remains a leading global health burden. Alarmingly, resistance to current antimalarials is increasing and the development of new drug families is needed to maintain...
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Aldulaimi O, Uche F, Hameed H, Mbye H, Ullah I, Drijfhout F, et al.
J Ethnopharmacol . 2017 Jan; 198:221-225. PMID: 28089716
Ethnopharmacological Relevance And Aim: A decoction of the bark of Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms is used as a traditional medicine in the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. This study aims to...