- Title
- Analysis of non-peptidic compounds as potential malarial inhibitors against plasmodial cysteine proteases via integrated virtual screening workflow
- Creator
- Musyoka, Thommas M, Kanzi, Aquillah M, Lobb, Kevin A, Tastan Bishop, Özlem
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/123074
- Identifier
- vital:35403
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.1080/07391102.2015.1108231
- Description
- Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a diverse group of erythrocytic protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. It remains an exigent public health problem in the tropical areas of Africa, South America and parts of Asia and continues to take its toll in morbidity and mortality with half of the world’s population under a permanent risk of infection leading to more than half a million deaths annually (WHO, 2013). Five Plasmodium species, namely P. falciparum (Pf ), P. vivax (Pv), P. ovale (Po), P. malariae (Pm) and P. knowlesi (Pk), are known to infect humans with Pf responsible for more than 90% of the malarial fatalities reported in sub-Saharan Africa. The predominance of Pf is attributed to its adaptability (Ashley, McGready, Proux, & Nosten, 2006; Prugnolle et al., 2011). Although the high occurrence of the Duffy negative trait among African populations lowers the threat posed by Pv, it is the most frequent and widely causative agent of benign tertian malaria in other parts of the world (Mendis, Sina, Marchesini, & Carter, 2001). In addition to the listed human malarial parasite forms, several other Plasmodium species, which infect non-human laboratory models, have been identified and are of significant importance in understanding the parasite biology, the host–parasite interactions and in the drug development process (Langhorne et al., 2011).
- Format
- 18pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Musyoka, T.M., Kanzi, A.M., Lobb, K.A. and Tastan Bishop, Ö., 2016. Analysis of non-peptidic compounds as potential malarial inhibitors against Plasmodial cysteine proteases via integrated virtual screening workflow. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 34(10), pp.2084-2101., Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics volume 34 number 10 2084 2101 28 January 2016 0739-1102
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- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
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RU Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi)
Lobb, Kevin Allan (Assoc Prof)
RU Department of Chemistry
RU Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics
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