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Ehrlich Symposium I:
Salvarsan,
arsenicals and today’s treatment options in parasitic diseases
Ehrlich’s
use of methylene blue, atoxyl and finally his magic bullet “Salvarsan” has
initiated chemotherapy. Ever since Salvarsan’s introduction its chemical structure
was not sure. Our research will introduce the “true” chemical structure of the
first “Magic Bullet”. Nothing is known about the mode of action of Salvarsan.
World experts will then bridge from Ehrlich’s “Magic Bullets” to today’s modern
research using genetics and other molecular biology methods in treatment of
tropical parasite diseases.
Chairmen: to be announced
Sponsors: German Chemical Society (GDCh)
German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG)
Synthesis of
Salvarsan® and
updates on its likely structure
B. Nicholson, Hamilton, New Zealand (invited)
Recent spectroscopic
investigations of Salvarsan® and analogs
S. Riethmiller, Lexington, VA, USA (invited)
Insights into the chemical structure of
Salvarsan®
B.K. Keppler, Vienna, Austria (invited)
Preliminary
biological testing of newly synthesized Salvarsan®
Speaker to be announced
