| Literature DB >> 23914290 |
Haining Liu1, Yuanqing Ding, Larry A Walker, Robert J Doerksen.
Abstract
We used quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations to test if antimalarial primaquine (PQ) and its derivatives aid the conversion of hemoglobin to methemoglobin by binding to hemoglobin and merely lowering hemoglobin's ionization potential (IP). Our results showed that PQ and its derivatives do not significantly lower the hemoglobin IP, disproving the hypothesis.Entities:
Year: 2013 PMID: 23914290 PMCID: PMC3728702 DOI: 10.1039/C3MD00045A
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Medchemcomm ISSN: 2040-2503 Impact factor: 3.597