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In silico screening of antifolate based novel inhibitors from Brucea mollis Wall. ex kurz against quadruple mutant drug resistant PfDHFR.
Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening - 1 Jan 2014
Borkakoty Biswajyoti, Sarma Kishore, Parida Pratap, Prakash Anil, Mohapatra Pradyumna Kishore, Mahanta Jagadish
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Plasmodium falciparum is the most lethal form of the genus Plasmodium which causes malaria, a 'disease of antiquity'. Globally it affects the health and socio-economic development of a large population especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (PfDHFR-TS) is an important target of antimalarial drugs. Mutations at the active site of...
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