Activities of Pt(II) and Ru(III) triazole-pyrimidine complexes against Trypanosoma cruzi and T. brucei brucei

Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Magán, Rosa ^a   Marín, Clotilde ^a   Rosales, Maria Jose ^a   Barrera, Mario Antonio ^c   Salas, Juan Manuel ^b   Sánchez Moreno, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cytotoxicity; Glycolytic metabolism; Macromolecule synthesis; Triazole pyrimidine complexes; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma cruzi; Ultrastructural study

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM COMPLEX; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPIMASTIGOTE; KINETOPLAST; METABOLITE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMIDINES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RUTHENIUM; TRIAZOLES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URIDINE;

EID: 0347418248     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074672     Document Type: Article

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