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SUBMITTER: Jordao FM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088194 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jordão Fabiana Morandi FM Saito Alexandre Yukio AY Miguel Danilo Ciccone DC de Jesus Peres Valnice V Kimura Emília Akemi EA Katzin Alejandro Miguel AM
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20110228 5
The increasing resistance of malarial parasites to almost all available drugs calls for the identification of new compounds and the detection of novel targets. Here, we establish the antimalarial activities of risedronate, one of the most potent bisphosphonates clinically used to treat bone resorption diseases, against blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum (50% inhibitory concentration [IC50] of 20.3±1.0 μM). We also suggest a mechanism of action for risedronate against the intraerythrocytic sta ...[more]