Antiparasitic activity of aromatic diamidines is related to apoptosis-like death in Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  De Souza, E M ^a   Menna Barreto, R ^a   Araujo Jorge T C ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Hu, Q ^b   Boykin, D W ^b   Soeiro, M N C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis like death; Aromatic diamidines; Trypanocidal compounds; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

2,5 BIS(4 AMIDINOPHENYL)FURAN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DB 569; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA FRAGMENT; FURAMIDINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZAMIDINES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENTAMIDINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33745111218     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000084     Document Type: Article

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