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- Title
A novel way to grow hemozoin-like crystals in vitro and its use to screen for hemozoin inhibiting antimalarial compounds.
- Authors
Thomas, Vincent; Góis, Ana; Ritts, Bruce; Burke, Peter; Hänscheid, Thomas; McDonnell, Gerald
- Abstract
Hemozoin crystals are normally formed in vivo by Plasmodium parasites to detoxify free heme released after hemoglobin digestion during its intraerythrocytic stage. Inhibition of hemozoin formation by various drugs results in free heme concentration toxic for the parasites. As a consequence, in vitro assays have been developed to screen and select candidate antimalarial drugs based on their capacity to inhibit hemozoin formation. In this report we describe new ways to form hemozoin-like crystals that were incidentally discovered during research in the field of prion inactivation.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 7, pe41006
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0041006