Satoshi Ōmura: In pursuit of nature's bounty

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 126-132

  Crump, Andy ^a   Otoguro, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a Kitasato Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

8,9 ANHYDRO N ISOPROPYLNORERYTHROMYCIN A 6,9 HEMIACETAL; ALBENDAZOLE; AM 5289; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN; AZUREOMYCIN A; AZUREOMYCIN B; CERULENIN; CHIMERAMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FRENOLICIN B; IRUMAMYCIN; IVERMECTIN; JOSAMYCIN; KITASAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MOTILIDE; NANAOMYCIN A; OLIVANIC ACID; PRUMYCIN; ROKITAMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STAUROSPORINE; STUBOMYCIN; THIENAMYCIN; TILIMICOSIN; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIRUSTOMYCIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA; BIOMEDICINE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA CERVICALIS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HISTORY; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA CERVICALIS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FILARICIDES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; JAPAN; MACROLIDES; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PORTRAITS;

EID: 13944283020     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.01.005     Document Type: Review

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