Biochemical alterations in paromomycin-treated Leishmania donovani promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Maarouf, Mohammad ^a,c   Lawrence, Françoise ^a   Brown, Spencer ^b   Robert Gero, Malka ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^c DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0031055981     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050232     Document Type: Article

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