L-purine nucleosides as selective antimalarials

Annette M. Gero, Gabriel Perrone, David M. Brown, Simone T. Hall, Chung K. Chu

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Abstract

L-nucleosides selectively enter malaria infected erythrocytes and have the unique ability to be metabolised by the malarial adenosine deaminase. This has allowed us to design novel L-nucleosides as potential anti- malarials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)885-889
Number of pages5
JournalNucleosides and Nucleotides
Volume18
Issue number4-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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