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  2. Opioid δ₁ receptor antagonist 7-benzylidenenaltrexone as an effective resistance reverser for chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium chabaudi

Opioid δ₁ receptor antagonist 7-benzylidenenaltrexone as an effective resistance reverser for chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium chabaudi

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Aug 15;21(16):4710-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.06.085.
Yoshinori Miyata 1 Hideaki Fujii Yumiko Osa Seiki Kobayashi Tsutomu Takeuchi Hiroshi Nagase
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  • 1 School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, 5-9-1, Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Abstract

We evaluated antimalarial and/or chloroquine-resistance reversing effects of five Opioid Receptor antagonists. Although none of the evaluated compounds showed antimalarial effects, some of them, especially the δ(1) receptor antagonist, 7-benzylidenenaltrexone (BNTX) exhibited potent chloroquine-resistance reversing effects in Plasmodium chabaudi.

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