Glutathione-induced conversion of pentavalent antimony to trivalent antimony in meglumine antimoniate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 913-916

  Frezard F ^a   Demicheli, C ^a   Ferreira, C S ^a   Costa, M A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; PH; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIMONY; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035115659     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.3.913-916.2001     Document Type: Article

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