Hydrosoluble formazan XTT: Its application to natural products drug discovery for Leishmania

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 813-816

  Williams, Cornelly ^a   Espinosa, Omar A ^b   Montenegro, Hector ^c   Cubilla, Luis ^c   Capson, Todd L ^a   Ortega Barría, Eduardo ^b   Romero, Luz I ^b,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^d Inst Invest Cie Avanzadas S   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aegeline; Drug discovery; Leishmania; Natural products; Sarcorhachis naranjoana; XTT

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYLTHIAZOL 2 YL) 5 (3 CARBOXYMETHOXYPHENYL) 2 (4 SULFONYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; FORMAZAN; KETOCONAZOLE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; MILTEFOSINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SARCORHACHIS NARANJOANA EXTRACT; SODIUM 2,3 BIS(2 METHOXY 4 NITRO 5 SULFOPHENYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM 5 CARBOXANILIDE; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FRACTIONATION; IC 50; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PIPERACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REDUCTION; SARCORHACHIS NARANJOANA; TECHNIQUE;

LEISHMANIA; SARCORHACHIS NARANJOANA;

EID: 0242321069     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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