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Fatty Acids as Antimalarial Agents by robby gus mahardika is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses fatty acids as potential antimalarial agents. It describes how fatty acid biosynthesis differs between Plasmodium falciparum and humans, allowing fatty acids to inhibit the parasite without affecting humans. Specific fatty acids like C22:6n-3 were found to cause over 90% death of P. falciparum in vitro. Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their oxidized forms showed increased antiplasmodial activity. Certain marine fatty acids were also found to inhibit the FabI enzyme of P. falciparum, d
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- robby gus mahardika
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- EN