Main description:

Medicinal Chemistry Approaches to Malaria and Other Tropical Disease, Volume 53 in the Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Contents:

1. A decade of malaria phenotypic screenings: Key lessons on the discovery and development of new antimalarial drugs Esther Fernandez, Maria Isabel Castellote, Maria Jesus Chaparro, Beatriz Diaz, Jorge Fernandez, Mariola Gordo, Laura de las Heras, Maria Luisa Leon, Lourdes Rueda and Felix Calderon 2. Medicinal chemistry progression of antimalarial hits from phenotypic whole cell screening of SoftFocus libraries Peter M. Cheuka, Godfrey Mayoka, John Okombo and Kelly Chibale 3. The hybrid antimalarial approach Princy Gupta, Lovepreet Singh and Kamaljit Singh 4. Dealing with schistosomiasis: Current drug discovery strategies Sandra Gemma, Stefano Federico, Simone Brogi, Margherita Brindisi, Stefania Butini and Giuseppe Campiani 5. Shortcuts to schistosomiasis drug discovery: The state-of-the-art Jose T. Moreira-Filho, Rafael F. Dantas, Mario R. Senger, Arthur C. Silva, Dulcinea M. B. Campos, Eugene Muratov, Floriano P. Silva-Junior, Carolina H. Andrade and Bruno J. Neves 6. Multicomponent reactions: A mighty journey partner for infectious tropical disease drug discovery Diego Munoz-Torrero, Rodolfo Lavilla, F. Javier Perez-Areales and Ouldouz Ghashghaei