Arteether Chemical Properties

Melting point:

80-820C

alpha 

D21 +154.5° (c = 1.0 in CHCl3)

Boiling point:

372.4±42.0 °C(Predicted)

Density 

1.16±0.1 g/cm3(Predicted)

storage temp. 

Sealed in dry,2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly)

form 

Solid

color 

White

CAS DataBase Reference

75887-54-6

Arteether Usage And Synthesis

Description

Arteether reached the market in the Netherlands as a solution in sesame oil, administered by i.m. injection, for the treatment of severe malaria infections in children and adolescents. Artheether, a sesquiterpene acetal with an endoperoxide bridge, is an ether derivative of the naturally occuring compound artemisinin, the active component of Chinese herbal remedies. As the other structural analogs of artemisinin, such as artesunate or artemether, it acts rapidly against Plasmodium, the parasite responsible for the disease, during the early blood stage of its development. It also exhibits a gametocytocidal activity against Plasmodium falciparum, reducing its potential for transmission. Because the only controlled clinical studies had been performed in children and adolescents, this new antimalarial drug was only approved for young patients. Further studies in adults treated with 150 mg i.m. artemotil, once daily for three consecutive days, indicated that the drug was efficient, rapidly acting (parasite clearance time meanly 38 h) and well tolerated. A new promising achievement in the regression of malaria is the combination of artemisinin derivatives with other long-lived antimalarials as mefloquine or pyrimethamine/sulfa.

Chemical Properties

White Crystalline Solid

Originator

Central Drug Research Institute (India)

Uses

Derivative of Artemisinin. Antimalarial

Definition

ChEBI: Artemotil is an artemisinin derivative.

brand name

Artemotil

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