Antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses thereof

摘要

The present invention provides antimalarial pharmaceutical compositions containing antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids or antimalarial derivatives thereof, useful new antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid derivatives, methods for obtaining such derivatives, and methods of using such antimalarial compounds for the prevention of malaria infections in mammals and for treating mammals with malarial infections. The antimalarial compounds of the present invention inhibit the reproduction and cytopathicity of Plasmodium sp. parasites in vitro and in vivo.