Publication Date:
1984-02-24
Description:
Noninvasive photoacoustic spectroscopy was used to study the malaria parasites Plasmodium chabaudi and Plasmodium berghei, their pigment, and ferriprotoporphyrin IX, which is a by-product of the hemoglobin that the parasite ingests. The results indicate that the pigment consists of ferriprotophorphyrin self-aggregates and a noncovalent complex of ferriprotoporphyrin and protein. Spectra of chloroquine-treated parasites reveal in situ interaction between the drug and ferriprotoporphyrin. Chloroquine-resistant parasites, readily distinguishable by this method, appear to degrade hemoglobin only partially.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Balasubramanian, D -- Mohan Rao, C -- Panijpan, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Feb 24;223(4638):828-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6695185" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Chloroquine/pharmacology
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Drug Resistance
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Erythrocytes/*parasitology
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Hemeproteins/metabolism
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Hemin/metabolism
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Hemoglobins/metabolism
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Mice
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Plasmodium/*physiology
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Protoporphyrins/metabolism
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Spectrum Analysis/*methods
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
