Characterization of intracellular metabolites of axenic amastigotes of Leishmania donovani by 1H NMR spectroscopy

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-133

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Goyal, Neena ^a   Singha, U K ^a   Bhakuni, Vinod ^a   Roy, Raja ^a   Rastogi, A K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Axenic amastigotes; Intracellular amastigotes; Metabolites; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Transformation

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; BETAINE; SUCCINIC ACID; VALINE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROMASTIGOTE;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BETAINE; HYDROGEN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SUCCINATES; VALINE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0032789278     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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