Correlation of the efficiency of fatty acid derivatives in suppressing Plasmodium falciparum growth in culture with their inhibitory effect on acyl-CoA synthetase activity

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 39-42

  Beaumelle, Bruno D ^a   Vial, Henri J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA synthetase; Fatty acid; Growth inhibition; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON;

ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COENZYME A LIGASES; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; HUMAN; PALMITATES; PALMITIC ACIDS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RICINOLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 0023872348     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(88)90177-6     Document Type: Article

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