In vitro activities of thiadiazine derivatives against Leishmania amazonensis

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 232-238

  Monzote, Lianet ^a   Montalvo, Ana M ^a   Fonseca, Lisset ^a   Pérez, Rolando ^b   Suárez, Margarita ^c   Rodríguez, Hortensia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones de los Derivados de la Cana de Azucar   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antiparasitic drugs; Leishmania amazonensis, amastigotes, promastigotes; Thiadiazine derivatives, antileishmanial activity in vitro, toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; TETRAHYDRO 2H 1,3,5 THIADIAZINE 2 THIONE DERIVATIVE; THIADIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROMASTIGOTE;

EID: 17644361887     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296850     Document Type: Article

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