The effect of nitric oxide on the growth of Plasmodium falciparum, P. chabaudi and P. berghei in vitro

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Balmer, Paul ^a   Phillips, Helen M ^b   Maestre, Amanda E ^c   McMonagle, Fiona A ^a   Phillips, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asexual stages; Cytostatic; Cytotoxic; Malaria parasites; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENICILLAMINE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITEMIA; PENICILLAMINE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033964091     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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