Prognoses of Antimalarial Effectivess from Studies of Relationships Between Molecular Constitution and Chemotherapeutic Response

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to eradicate chemotherapeutically malarias in the human host; drug resistant strains of P. falciparum constitute the primary target. Our aim is to suggest molecules for synthesis and testing which have a high probability of success as effective antimalarials. This study consists of Free-Wilson and Hansch analyses on a series of compounds to arrive at a consistent model describing the mechanism of interaction. The second major activity consists of molecular orbital calculations of molecules of interest as know or potential antimalarials. Studies in quantitative structure-activity relationships have also been undertaken to bring software to a higher level of sophistication. The decoding of the structure/sub-structure searching programs provided by Walter Reed has been accomplished during this report period. These programs have successfully been translated into language acceptable by the IBM 360/40 system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0742239

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People

  • William P. Purcell

Organizations

  • University of Tennessee

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  • Antimalarials
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Research
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Decoding
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acids
  • Dipole Moments
  • Language
  • Molecules
  • New York
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Regression Analysis
  • Software Development
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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

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