Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1318185 | Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry | 2006 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Quinoline antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine and related compounds are believed to act by targeting ferriprotoporphyrin IX (Fe(III)PPIX) in the form of hematin (H2O/HO–Fe(III)PPIX), its μ-oxo dimer ([Fe(III)PPIX]2O) or crystalline β-hematin ([Fe(III)PPIX]2) in the malaria parasite. Fe(III)PPIX is formed when the parasite digests host hemoglobin during its intraerythrocytic blood stage. This has led to a number of studies on the interaction of Fe(III)PPIX with quinoline antimalarials and related compounds. This article reviews the spectroscopy, thermodynamics and structures of Fe(III)PPIX–quinoline complexes in solution.
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Authors
Timothy J. Egan,