Antimalarial agent 52 is an orally active formation of synthetic hemozoin (β-hematin) inhibitor with an IC50 of 6.6 μM. Antimalarial agent 52 exhibits in vitro antiplasmodial activity against P. falciparum Pf3D7, PfDd2 strains and P. knowlesi with IC50s of 6.1, 6.4 and 3.3 nM. Antimalarial agent 52 remain highly effective against multidrug-resistant strains and demonstrates curative activity in the P. berghei mouse model[1].
