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Configuration and Antiplasmodial Activity

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THE current view1,2 that there is no relationship between optical activity (configuration) and antiplasmodial action in the Cinchona series does not appear to be fully justified.

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NEEMAN, M. Configuration and Antiplasmodial Activity. Nature 154, 550 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154550a0

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