152 results about "Malarial parasite" patented technology

A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group, whereby the spirocyclohexyl ring is preferably substituted at the 4-position. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites.

Disclosed are inhibitors of the plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC) inhibitors and the use thereof in treating or preventing malaria in an animal such as a human, comprising administering an effective amount of an inhibitor or a combination of inhibitors. An example of such an inhibitor is a compound of formula I, Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R¹ to R⁷ are as described herein.

The invention discloses a set of loop-mediated isothermal amplification technology-based plasmodium genus and species nucleic acid screening method and belongs to the field of biological detection. The method is performed by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology, specific positions of target genes are amplified by using an LAMP technology platform through specific primers of plasmodium genera and specificity primers of plasmodium species, the plasmodium genera are screened or detected at a molecular level under assistance of positive and negative quality control and an internal control detection system, and plasmodium species screening or detection is performed on four kinds of plasmodia, namely Plasmodiumfalciparum, Plasmodiummalariae, Plasmodiumovale and Plasmodiumvivax which can make humans infected with malaria in plasmodium genus organisms. The invention has the characteristics that: the method is simple, economic and rapid, and has high sensitivity, high specificity and wide application prospect.

The present inventors succeeded in isolating GWT1 (PfGWT1), which is one of the enzymes involved in GPI biosynthesis in the malaria parasite P. falciparum. In addition, the inventors revealed that degenerate mutant DNAs, with a lower AT content than the DNA encoding the PfGWT1 protein, can complement the phenotype of GWT1-deficient yeast. Based on the findings, the present invention provides the GWT1 protein of malaria parasites and the use of the protein in methods of screening for antimalarial drugs. The present invention also provides degenerate mutant DNAs encoding proteins involved in GPI biosynthesis, and which have a lower AT content than the original DNAs. The present invention also provides methods of screening for antimalarial drugs which use the degenerate mutant DNAs.

The invention discloses a dihydroartemisinin diploid derivative, and a medicine composition and application thereof. The derivative is artemisinin diploid, and is applied to a medicine for treating or preventing malaria caused by plasmodium, a medicine for treating autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus, and an antitumor medicine; the medicine composition is prepared from the dihydroartemisinin diploid derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites. The compounds of the invention unexpectedly provide a single-dose cure for malaria, as well as prophylactic activity against the same. The compounds are also active against schistosomiasis and cancer.

The present invention relates to a novel bioactive water fraction obtained from the leaves of an herb named Gomphostema niveum commonly found in North Eastern part of India, and which is useful for inhibiting the growth of malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The present invention also relates to a method for the extraction of said bioactive fraction. The present invention also provides methods for treatment of malaria using such bioactive water fractions and use of such bioactive water fractions for the treatment of malaria.

The present invention relates to novel compounds that are inhibitors of wild type and mutant dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) of Plasmodium falciparum, which are useful for the treatment of malaria. It also relates to processes of making and using such compounds. The antimalarial compounds of the present invention have low toxicity to a host infected with the malarial parasite, and are potent when administered in pharmaceutical compositions.

The invention relates to a propionamides compound and a usage thereof. The inventor, by carrying out SPR experiment based on Biacore and making comprehensive use of CADD, modifies the structure of a propionamide derivative and obtains an N-substituted-2-substituted amino-3-(1H-indole-3-yl) propionamides compound (the structure thereof is indicated by formula I). The falcipain-2 activity inhibiting capability of the obtained compound is tested, and the result shows that the prepared N-substituted-2-substituted amino-3-(1H-indole-3-yl) propionamides compound has strong falcipain-2 activity inhibiting capability and can be used for preparing medicaments for treating malaria caused by plasmodium.

The invention relates to the gene exploitation and application field of the biomedicine high-tech, in particular to an artificial antigen amino acid sequence which is provided with a plurality of epipositions and can be identified by blood serum of falciparum malaria sufferers and a polynucleotide sequence coded with the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to a vaccine containing the amino acid sequence or the polynucleotide sequence. The invention further also relates to the application of the artificial antigen used for preparing the immunity preparation against the falciparum malaria parasite.

A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a Spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group, whereby the spirocyclohexyl ring is preferably substituted at the 4-position. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites.

The invention relates to a pernicious malarial parasite new gene, called msra-1, coding a malaria infected patiendt serum recognizing antigen-1 of P.f from pernicious malarial parasite. It also relates to the new gene-coded protein product, and the immunological usage of the new gene and the protein at the aspect of anti-pernicious malarial parasite.

The present invention relates to an immunoassay and diagnostic reagent for malaria by using antigens of malarial Protozoa. More preferably, the present invention relates to an immunoassay and diagnostic reagent for malaria which detect malaria-specific antibodies in blood by using Merozoite Surface Protein of Plasmodium vivax. The immunoassay and diagnostic reagent detecting malaria-specific antibodies in blood according to the present invention have high specificity and sensitivity and are useful in diagnosing a type of malaria where latent period is long and number of Protozoa in blood if few. Also, the present invention relates to a preparation method of the surface protein of malarial Protozoa using yeast or E. Coli. Preferably, the present invention provides an expression vector comprising genes of Merozoite Surface Protein of Plasmodium Vivax and histidine residues, as well as transformants transformed with the expression vector. Also, the present invention provides a method for preparing Merozoite Surface Protein of malarial Protozoa by using the transformant. The surface protein Merozoite Surface Protein of malarial Protozoa prepared from yeast or E. Coli transformant according to the present invention has high sensitivity and specificity to antibody as well as high purity. Also, the surface protein prepared by the preparation method of the present invention has markedly low pseudo-positive signals, and is useful in diagnosing malaria.

The present disclosure gives description of a method used for the detection and quantification of malarial infection caused either by Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax using nucleic acids isolated from blood samples by employing Oligonucleotide probes. The method employed here for detection is by Real time PCR.

A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group, whereby the spirocyclohexyl ring is preferably substituted at the 4-position. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites.