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ReviewRSC advances2026

Mechanistic perspectives on antimalarial agents: from FDA-approved drugs to next-generation candidates.

Monika, Bhawana Sharma, Satish Kumar Awasthi

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Review in RSC advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

MonikaChemical Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi Delhi-110007 India satishpna@gmail.com +91-9582087608.
Bhawana SharmaChemical Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi Delhi-110007 India satishpna@gmail.com +91-9582087608.
Satish Kumar AwasthiChemical Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi Delhi-110007 India satishpna@gmail.com +91-9582087608.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-1431

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is a major global health challenge, demanding continued innovation in drug discovery and development. This review gives a comprehensive overview of FDA-approved antimalarial drugs and emerging clinical candidates, focusing their chemical structures, mechanisms of action, and molecular targets such as PfATP4, DHFR, DHODH, and PfCRT. The discussion showcases structure-activity relationships, mechanisms underlying drug resistance, and recent advances in structure-guided design of next-generation antimalarials. The review also summarizes the year of approval, mechanistic class, and synthetic origin of key therapeutic agents. Moreover, novel molecules currently in preclinical and clinical trials are discussed in the context of their mode of action, efficacy, and potential for overcoming resistance. Collectively, this article bridges medicinal chemistry insights with biological mechanisms, outlining future directions in the rational design of potent, resistance-resilient antimalarial drugs.

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PMID42006802
PMCPMC13088779

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