Development of a semi-automated colorimetric assay for screening anti-leishmanial agents

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Ganguly, Sudipto ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Samiran ^a   Sarkar, Arup ^a   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anti leishmanial activity; Cell viability; Drug screening; Leishmaniasis; MTS; Promastigotes

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FORMAZAN; INDICATOR; MILTEFOSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INCUBATION TIME; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PENTAMIDINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 33646785770     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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