Leishmania mexicana: Chemistry and biochemistry of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 96-103

  Berman, Jonathan D ^a   Grogl, Max ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania mexicana, amastigotes; Pentostam; Protein binding

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG THERAPY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; GLUCONATES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDES; RADIOISOTOPES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0023759929     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(88)90012-4     Document Type: Article

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