Woon-Chien Teng, Ho Han Kiat, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Hwee-Ling Koh

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Medicinal Plants and Malaria (eBook, PDF)

Applications, Trends, and Prospects

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Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease that affects millions worldwide, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The recent emergence and spread of multidrug resistance in parts of Southeast Asia prompts the urgent need for novel and effective therapy against the disease. Medicinal Plants and Malaria: Applications, Trends, and Prospects highlig

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Autor

Woon-Chien Teng is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated with a BSc (Pharmacy) (Honors) from NUS. Teng is also a registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council. She has previously worked as a pharmacist at Changi General Hospital, Singapore and as a preregistration pharmacist at Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.

Ho Han Kiat is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his BSc (Pharmacy) with first class honors from NUS in 2000. Subsequently, he obtained his PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Washington in 2005, investigating the molecular mechanisms of specific drug-induced liver toxicity. After that, he returned to Singapore for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship investigating the roles of tyrosine kinases for various malignancies. Presently, he directs a toxicology division within the Drug Development Unit at NUS. He has published more than 40 papers in internationally recognized journals and has won multiple university-level teaching excellence awards.

Rossarin Suwanarusk is a Research Scientist with the Malaria Immunobiology Group at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR. She graduated with a PhD from Mahidol University (Medical Technology), Thailand, in 2003. Suwanarusk is well known for her research on the pathobiology and drug-resistance markers of Plasmodium vivax. She has published more than 30 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Blood, and Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Hwee-Ling Koh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated with a PhD from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), as well as with a BSc (Pharmacy) (Honors) and MS

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498744690
• Artikelnr.: 44866180