The timing of action of artemisinin on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum
Malaria is one of the life-threatening diseases caused by Plasmodium species and currently treated by artemisinin and its derivatives from a class of endoperoxide antimalarial drugs. However, there is evidence that the malaria parasites are becoming more resistance to artemisinin. Therefore, study...
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| description | Malaria is one of the life-threatening diseases caused by Plasmodium species and
currently treated by artemisinin and its derivatives from a class of endoperoxide
antimalarial drugs. However, there is evidence that the malaria parasites are becoming more resistance to artemisinin. Therefore, studying the inhibitory activity of artemisinin enables several different inhibitory phenotypes to be identified. The objective of this
study is to determine the timing of action of artemisinin on P. falciparum by determining the inhibitory effect of this drug on intraerythrocytic development using
SYBR Green I fluorescence-based drug sensitivity and microscopic assays. Artemisinin inhibited 3D7 strain malaria parasites with an IC50 value of 17.05 ± 0.93 nM.
Artemisinin appeared to have substantial activity against mid ring (-9 hour postinvasion),
late trophozoite (~34 hour post-invasion) and late schizont (~44 hour postinvasion)
stage parasites. Microscopic examination of the Giemsa-stained thin blood
smears however revealed no major changes between artemisinin-treated and untreated cells. In conclusion, artemisinin was very effective at the early stage of the intraerythrocytic development of the parasite and in inhibiting the rupture of mature
schizonts from releasing daughter merozoites |
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| spelling | usm-613392024-11-20T08:29:01Z http://eprints.usm.my/61339/ The timing of action of artemisinin on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum Desa, Nurul Wahida Md RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Malaria is one of the life-threatening diseases caused by Plasmodium species and currently treated by artemisinin and its derivatives from a class of endoperoxide antimalarial drugs. However, there is evidence that the malaria parasites are becoming more resistance to artemisinin. Therefore, studying the inhibitory activity of artemisinin enables several different inhibitory phenotypes to be identified. The objective of this study is to determine the timing of action of artemisinin on P. falciparum by determining the inhibitory effect of this drug on intraerythrocytic development using SYBR Green I fluorescence-based drug sensitivity and microscopic assays. Artemisinin inhibited 3D7 strain malaria parasites with an IC50 value of 17.05 ± 0.93 nM. Artemisinin appeared to have substantial activity against mid ring (-9 hour postinvasion), late trophozoite (~34 hour post-invasion) and late schizont (~44 hour postinvasion) stage parasites. Microscopic examination of the Giemsa-stained thin blood smears however revealed no major changes between artemisinin-treated and untreated cells. In conclusion, artemisinin was very effective at the early stage of the intraerythrocytic development of the parasite and in inhibiting the rupture of mature schizonts from releasing daughter merozoites Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/61339/1/NURUL%20WAHIDA%20MD%20DESA%20-%20e.pdf Desa, Nurul Wahida Md (2016) The timing of action of artemisinin on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Desa, Nurul Wahida Md The timing of action of artemisinin on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title | The timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title_full | The timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title_fullStr | The timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title_full_unstemmed | The timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title_short | The timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| title_sort | timing of action of artemisinin
on the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum |
| topic | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/61339/ http://eprints.usm.my/61339/1/NURUL%20WAHIDA%20MD%20DESA%20-%20e.pdf |