Trypanocidal activity of methylene blue: Evidence for in vitro efficacy and in vivo failure

Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-19

  Boda, Caroline ^a,b   Enanga, Bertin ^a   Courtioux, Bertrand ^a   Breton, J Christian ^a   Bouteille, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Inhibitory concentration; Methylene blue; Mice; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 29344473291     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090236     Document Type: Article

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