Potentiation by febrifugine of host defense in mice against plasmodium berghei NK65

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1593-1601

  Murata, Kiyoshi ^a   Takano, Fumihide ^a   Fushiya, Shinji ^a   Oshima, Yoshiteru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Febrifugine; Host defense; Malaria; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium berghei NK65

Indexed keywords

FEBRIFUGINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARASITEMIA; PIPERIDINES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; QUINAZOLINES;

EID: 0032834564     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00244-0     Document Type: Article

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