A whole‐genome scan for Artemisinin cytotoxicity reveals a novel therapy for human brain tumors

J Taubenschmid‐Stowers, M Orthofer… - EMBO molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
The natural compound Artemisinin is the most widely used antimalarial drug worldwide.
Based on its cytotoxicity, it is also used for anticancer therapy. Artemisinin and its derivates …

Molecular pharmacology and pharmacogenomics of artemisinin and its derivatives in cancer cells

T Efferth - Current drug targets, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Secondary metabolites from plants can serve as defense against herbivores, microbes,
viruses or competing plants. Many compounds from medicinal plants have pharmacological …

Anti-cancer effects of artesunate in a panel of chemoresistant neuroblastoma cell lines

M Michaelis, MC Kleinschmidt, S Barth… - Biochemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Artemisinin derivatives are well-tolerated anti-malaria drugs that also exert anti-cancer
activity. Here, we investigated artemisinin and its derivatives dihydroartemisinin and …

Artemisinin as an anticancer drug: Recent advances in target profiling and mechanisms of action

YK Wong, C Xu, KA Kalesh, Y He, Q Lin… - Medicinal research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Artemisinin and its derivatives (collectively termed as artemisinins) are among the most
important and effective antimalarial drugs, with proven safety and efficacy in clinical use …

Willmar Schwabe Award 2006: antiplasmodial and antitumor activity of artemisinin-from bench to bedside

T Efferth - Planta medica, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
Secondary metabolites from plants serve as defense against herbivores, microbes, viruses,
or competing plants. Many medicinal plants have pharmacological activities and may, thus …

Mechanistic perspectives for 1, 2, 4-trioxanes in anti-cancer therapy

T Efferth - Drug Resistance Updates, 2005 - Elsevier
In addition to their well-known anti-malarial activity, artemisinin and its derivatives (1, 2, 4-
trioxanes) possess potent activity against tumor cells in the nano-to micromolar range …

Mechanistic investigation of the specific anticancer property of artemisinin and its combination with aminolevulinic acid for enhanced anticolorectal cancer activity

J Wang, J Zhang, Y Shi, C Xu, C Zhang… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The antimalarial artemisinin (ART) possesses anticancer activity, but its underlying
mechanism remains largely unclear. Using a chemical proteomics approach with artemisinin …

Dihydroartemisinin accelerates c-MYC oncoprotein degradation and induces apoptosis in c-MYC-overexpressing tumor cells

JJ Lu, LH Meng, UT Shankavaram, CH Zhu… - Biochemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Artemisinin and its derivatives (ARTs) are effective antimalarial drugs and also possess
profound anticancer activity. However, the mechanism accounted for its distinctive activity in …

Artemisinin and its derivatives: A promising cancer therapy

BH Kiani, WK Kayani, AU Khayam, E Dilshad… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Springer
The world is experiencing a cancer epidemic and an increase in the prevalence of the
disease. Cancer remains a major killer, accounting for more than half a million deaths …

Selection of safe artemisinin derivatives using a machine learning-based cardiotoxicity platform and in vitro and in vivo validation

O Kadioglu, SM Klauck, E Fleischer, L Shan… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
The majority of drug candidates fails the approval phase due to unwanted toxicities and side
effects. Establishment of an effective toxicity prediction platform is of utmost importance, to …