Vennerstrom J L
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307.
J Med Chem. 1989 Jan;32(1):64-7. doi: 10.1021/jm00121a013.
Six model amine peroxides (4-9) were synthesized as targeted antimalarial oxidants. They were approximately 1 order of magnitude more potent than tert-butyl hydroperoxide (3) in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum, but like 3, they were inactive in vivo against Plasmodium berghei.