Curcumin overcomes the inhibitory effect of nitric oxide on Leishmania

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Chan, Marion Man Ying ^a   Adapala, Naga Suresh ^a   Fong, Dunne ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CURCUMIN; DETANONOATE; LINSIDOMINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CURCUMIN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PENICILLAMINE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID;

CURCUMA LONGA; INSECTA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 18744385824     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1323-9     Document Type: Article

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