| |
7 Jun 2008, 7:47 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| feel like an angel  HSC: 2008 Gender: Female
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 277
Last Activity:
17 Jul 2009, 11:09 PM  | Quinine You can hide this advertisement by registering. How does quinine work against malaria?Specifically, not just that it intereferes with the plasmodium lifecycle |
|  |
|
9 Jun 2008, 9:04 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Self-delusive  HSC: 2008 Gender: Male
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 598
Last Activity:
16 Jul 2009, 10:43 PM | Re: Quinine Tell me about its chemical composition first.
__________________ BPharmacy @ Usyd Class' 2013 When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse. Out of the corner of my eyes I turned to see but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown, the dream is gone... (Confortably numb - Pink Floyd) |
|
| |
|
23 Nov 2008, 9:33 PM
| #3 (permalink) |
| New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 3
Last Activity:
9 Aug 2009, 4:50 PM | Re: Quinine Quinine works against Plasmodia falciparum (and I suppose other Plasmodia) by preventing the Plasmodia from protecting itself against haem. Haem, which is a byproduct of the breakdown of haemoglobin, which Plasmodia consume, is poisonous and so Plasmodia store this in a vacuole, so they can transform it into harmless haemazoin. Quinine however, interferes with the storage of haem (but I couldn't find exactly how it does that) so that it remains in the cell, poisoning, and, eventually, killing it. Hope that helped. |
|
| |
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Rate This Thread | |
| |
