Superoxide anion in Anopheles albimanus hemolymph and midgut is toxic to Plasmodium berghei ookinetes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 702-706

  Lanz Mendoza, Humberto ^a   Hernández Martínez, Salvador ^a   Ku López, Magdalena ^a   Del Carmen Rodríguez, María ^a   Herrera Ortiz, Antonia ^a   Rodríguez, Mario H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; FREE RADICAL; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036341051     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0702:SAIAAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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