ORCID

Kirkwood M. Land: 0000-0001-5951-9630

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

RSC Advances

Department

Biological Sciences

ISSN

2046-2069

Volume

5

DOI

10.1039/C5RA16361G

First Page

82676

Last Page

82698

Publication Date

9-11-2015

Abstract

The resistance of Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria, against quinine and chloroquine along with the lack of malaria vaccines has encouraged the development of various synthetic strategies towards biologically active scaffolds. An emerging strategy in medicinal chemistry, termed molecular hybridization, involves the covalent fusion of two or more drugs, active compounds, and/or pharmacophoric units into a hybrid compound, with fascinating activities and multiple but not essentially simultaneous pharmacological targets. 4-Aminoquinolines are considered as promising antimalarials and 4-aminoquinoline hybridization is considered as an attractive and feasible approach for the development of new molecular frameworks for averting and delaying the emergence of drug resistance along with improved efficacy. The present review article describes the recent developments on the 4-aminoquinoline-hybridization towards the development of new antimalarials.

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