Effects of trifluralin on Trypanosoma cruzi in vitro and in vivo

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-100

  Zaidenberg, Anibal ^a   Tournier, Horacio ^a   Schinella, Guillermo ^a   Marín, Gustavo ^a   Buschiazzo, Héctor ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIFLURALIN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033033126     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1999.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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