Comparison of antimalarial efficacy of alpha, beta, and alpha/beta arteether against Plasmodium cynomolgi B infection in monkeys.
The blood schizontocidal activity of alpha and beta arteether has been compared with that of alpha/beta arteether (a 30:70 mixture of alpha and beta isomers), which is a fast-acting blood schizontocide undergoing phase I clinical trials at the Central Drug Research Institute. Both beta and alpha/beta arteether have comparable activity and are curative at a dose of 5 mg/kg for 3 days against blood-induced Plasmodium cynomolgi B infection in the rhesus monkey; alpha arteether alone is slightly less active, with a 50% cure rate at the above dose.
Tripathi
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Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Dutta
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Vishwakarma
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D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D037621:Artemisinins; D005260:Female; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C055141:artemotil