Studies on ammonia-metabolizing enzymes during Plasmodium yoelii infection and pyrimethamine treatment in mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-455

  Agrawal, Anju ^a   Tripathi, L M ^a   Puri, S K ^a   Pandey, V C ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

brain; kidney; liver; Plasmodium yoelii

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0029884957     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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