Antimalarial efficacy of methylene blue and menadione and their effect on glutathione metabolism of Plasmodium yoelii-infected albino mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-526

  Arora, Kavita ^a   Srivastava, Arvind K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; MENADIONE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MALARIA; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; SPLEEN; SUSPENSIONS; VITAMIN K 3;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 27744479092     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1478-4     Document Type: Article

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