In vitro anticryptosporidial activity of dinitroaniline herbicides

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-249

  Arrowood, Michael J ^a   Mead, Jan R ^b,c   Xie, Long Ti ^a   You, Xiangdong ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Dinitroaniline; Herbicide; In vitro assay; Madin Darby canine kidney cell (MDCK cell); Microtubule

Indexed keywords

DINITROANILINE; FLUCHLORALIN; HERBICIDE; NITRALIN; PENDIMETHALIN; PROFLURALIN; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG RESEARCH; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029986284     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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