Synthesis and antimalarial activity of some triphenyltin(IV) aminobenzoate compounds against Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract

This paper presents antimalarial activity of several triphenyltin(IV) aminobenzoate compounds synthesized from the reaction of triphenyltin(IV) hydroxide with 2-, 3-, and 4-aminobenzoic acid. The activity of the compounds as anti-malaria agents was evaluated using Plasmodium falciparum, and demonstrated that the compounds have about the same IC50 with that of chloroquine (2×10-3 μg/mL) applied as the positive control. The result also showed that the Plasmodium is non-resistent to the compounds synthesized, which is the opposite to chloroquine.