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. 2001 Sep;45(9):2577–2584. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.9.2577-2584.2001

TABLE 1.

Plasmepsin inhibition, antiparasitic activity, mammalian cell toxicity, and protease selectivity of Walter Reed compound WR268961

Assay and target enzyme or cell type IC50 (μg/ml) Ki (μM)
Plasmepsin inhibition
P. falciparum 5.8 6.1
P. vivax 2.5 1.2
P. falciparum drug susceptibility
 Strain W2 0.03 NAa
 Strain D6 0.16 NA 
Mammalian cell toxicity
 Neuronal cells (NG-108-15) 4 NA 
 Macrophages (J774) 4 NA 
Protease selectivity
 Human cathepsin D >450 >280
a

NA, not applicable.