The Antimicrobial Action of Artemisinin Is Not Well Understood but This

question 2

Multiple Choice

The antimicrobial action of artemisinin is not well understood but this chemical appears to

• A)swell the Plasmodium falciparum food vacuoles.
• B)form reactive oxygen intermediates inside Plasmodium-infected red blood cells.
• C)inhibit heme polymerase,an enzyme that converts toxic heme into nontoxic hemazoin.
• D)raise the internal pH,clump the plasmodial pigment,and intercalate into plasmodial DNA.

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