Irani, Mahboubeh

Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center (TMRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Inhibition of Heme Polymerization, the Mechanism of Antimalarial Activity in Phlomis caucasica Rech.f. (Lamiaceae)

Background: Malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world caused by Plasmodium species. The malaria parasite digests hemoglobin in vacuole to amino acids and heme. Plasmodium has got several detoxification mechanisms to protect itself from toxic heme. The most important mechanism is heme polymerization. Identifying compounds that inhibit heme polymerization is an approach...

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