COMPOUNDS WITH ANTIMALARIAL AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES - Introduction, prostate cancer, malaria, design, synthesis, biological evaluation and experiments

This book is an explanation of the design, synthesis and evaluation of acridine moiety chemically attached to polyamine and imidazole conjugates and their cytotoxic effects against prostate cancer cell lines that are testosterone dependent and independent where they have demonstrated potency. The same agents together with their quinoline equivants were tested against plasmodium falcipurum where the later has emerged as promising antimalarial drugs.

About the author

Dr. Hildebert B. Maurice, is a pharmacist,obtained his PhD at the University of Bradford, UK in 2006 and is currently a lecturer at St. John's University of Tanzania.

Product details

• Authors: Hildebert Maurice
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783838381992
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-8199-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry