Synthesis of Mono- and Bis-peroxide-bridged Artemisinin Dimers to Elucidate the Contribution of Dimerization to Antimalarial Activity

During the past decade, artemisinin as an antimalarial has been in the spotlight, in part due to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Tu Youyou. While many studies have been completed detailing the significant increase in activity resulting from the dimerization of natural product ar...

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Published inACS infectious diseases Vol. 7; no. 7; pp. 2013 - 2024
Main Authors Lichorowic, Cynthia L., Zhao, Yingzhao, Maher, Steven P., Padín-Irizarry, Vivian, Mendiola, Victoria C., de Castro, Sagan T., Worden, Jacob A., Casandra, Debora, Kyle, Dennis E., Manetsch, Roman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2021
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Summary:During the past decade, artemisinin as an antimalarial has been in the spotlight, in part due to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Tu Youyou. While many studies have been completed detailing the significant increase in activity resulting from the dimerization of natural product artemisinin, activity increases unaccounted for by the peroxide bridge have yet to be researched. Here we outline the synthesis and testing for antimalarial activity of artemisinin dimers in which the peroxide bridge in one half of the dimer is reduced, resulting in a dimer with one active and one deactivated artemisinin moiety.
ISSN:2373-8227
DOI:10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00066