15-Deoxyspergualin, an immunosuppressive agent, used in organ transplantation showed suppressive effects on malarial parasites

Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-35

  Midorikawa, Yutaka ^a   Haque, Quazi Manjurul ^b  

^a SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

15 Deoxyspergualin; Malarial parasites; Plasmodium berghei; Suppressive effect

Indexed keywords

15 DEOXYSPERGUALIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IRINOTECAN; MITOGUAZONE; POLYAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031012550     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239532     Document Type: Article

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