Florida International University

Guodong Niu

Barry P Rosen

Masafumi Yoshinaga

Jun Li

The subject invention provides arsinothricin (AST) or salts thereof, and compositions comprising AST or a salt thereof for use as multi-stage antimalarials. The subject invention also provides methods for treating, inhibiting and/or preventing malaria infection and transmission by using AST or salts thereof, or compositions comprising AST or a salt thereof. Advantageously, AST or a salt thereof inhibits glutamine synthetase (GS) of malaria pathogens without exhibiting cytotoxicity to human host.

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Miami, FL, United States of America

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