Antiparasitic activity of flavonoids and isoflavones against Cryptosporidium parvum and Encephalitozoon intestinalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Mead, Jan R ^a,b   McNair, Nina ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Flavonoids; Isoflavones

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; APIGENIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LUTEOLIN; NARINGENIN; NITRO DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SYLIBININ; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33646753609     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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