Haemozoin formation, effects of chloroquine on iron distribution in Plasmodium falciparum and the correlation of thermordynamic and structural factors with 4-aminoquinoline activity
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2007
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An interfacial method was developed in order to investigate the role lipids might play in haemozoin biosynthesis. Infrared and X-ray diffraction measurements demonstrated that β-haematin, a synthetic counterpart of haemozoin, forms efficiently at pentanol/water, octanol/water and lipid/water interfaces, but to a lesser extent at toluene/water interface under physiological conditions of pH and temperature and does not form at all in the absence of the interface.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-191).
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Mabotha, T. 2007. Haemozoin formation, effects of chloroquine on iron distribution in Plasmodium falciparum and the correlation of thermordynamic and structural factors with 4-aminoquinoline activity. University of Cape Town.