Menadione kills trophozoites and cysts of Giardia intestinalis

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1231-1236

  Paget, Timothy ^a   Maroulis, Sarah ^b   Mitchell, Andrew ^b   Edwards, Michael R ^b   Jarroll, Edward J ^c   Lloyd, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MENADIONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAGELLUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 2942536110     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26836-0     Document Type: Article

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