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Home / Archives for Machado M

Evaluation of Antiplasmodial activity of extracts and constituents from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus

  • Authors: Amaral AC, do Carmo DF, Echevarria A, Lopes D, Machado M, Rosário VE, Silva JR
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: Pharmacognosy Magazine
  • Link: http://www.phcog.com/article.asp?issn=0973-1296;year=2015;volume=11;issue=44;spage=244;epage=250;aulast=do

Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke, a plant that is widely used by the population of the Amazonian region to prevent and treat malaria, was investigated in this work, which describes, for the first time, the antiplasmodial activity of its extracts and associates this activity with its isolated constituents. Different extracts with solvents of increasing polarity (hexane, chloroform, […]
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Evaluation of artemether-lumefantrine efficacy in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and its association with pfmdr1, pfatpase6 and K13-propeller polymorphisms in Luanda, Angola

  • Authors: Do Rosário V, Kiaco K, Lopes D, Machado M, Teixeira J
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681156/

Drug resistance in Plasmodiumfalciparum has posed an obstacle to effective treatment and challenges many malaria control programmes in endemic areas. In Angola, until 2003, chloroquine (CQ) was used as first-line therapy for uncomplicated malaria. It was replaced initially by amodiaquine and, in 2006, by artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) with artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Coartem®). Efficacy study of ACT, conducted […]
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Whole-cell SYBR Green I assay for antimalarial activity assessment

  • Authors: Lobo E, Machado M, Murtinheira F, Nogueira F
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Journal: Annals of Clinical and Medical Microbiology
  • Link: https://www.jscimedcentral.com/MedicalMicrobiology/earlyonline.php%20

Malaria parasite growth assessment assays using nucleic acid dye SYBR GreenI are frequently compromised by high background readings due to haemoglobin and detergents in lysis buffer. Here, we have assessed and further validated an intact-cell SYBR Green I-based fluorescence assay (Cell-MSF) for antimalarial activity assessment even of highly fluorescent compounds. Our modifications include:
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Primaquine-based ionic liquids as a novel class of antimalarial hits

  • Authors: D'Alessandro S, Ferraz R, Gomes A, Gomes P, Machado M, Murtinheira F, Nogueira F, Noronha J, Parapini S, Prudêncio C, Prudencio M, Teixeira C
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Journal: RCS Advances
  • Link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/RA/C6RA10759A#!divAbstract%20

Ionic liquids derived from active pharmaceutical ingredients may open new perspectives towards low-cost rescuing of classical drugs. Thus, we have synthesized novel ionic liquids derived from the antimalarial drug primaquine, and evaluated them in vitro against three stages of malaria parasites. Results from this unprecedented approach open a new chapter in the history of antimalarial […]
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N-cinnamoylation of antimalarial classics: quinacrine analogues with decreased toxicity and dual-stage activity

  • Authors: Albuquerque I, Gomes A, Gomes P, Machado M, Nogueira F, Perez B, Prudencio M, Teixeira C
  • Publication Year: 2014
  • Journal: Chemmedchem
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24474655

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of the most lethal form of malaria, is becoming increasingly resistant to most available drugs. A convenient approach to combat parasite resistance is the development of analogues of classical antimalarial agents, appropriately modified in order to restore their relevance in antimalarial chemotherapy. Following this line of thought, the design, synthesis […]
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