Trypanocidal and leishmanicidal activities of different antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) isolated from aquatic animals

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-202

  Lofgren S E ^a   Miletti, L C ^a   Steindel, M ^a   Bachere E ^b   Barracco, M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

3 (4,5 dimethylthiazol 2 yl) 2,5 diphenyltetrazoliumbromide; ALF; AMP; Animal antimicrobial peptides; anti lipopolysaccharide factor; antimicrobial peptide; Antiparasitic activity; Clav; clavanin; FBS; fetal bovine serum; LD50; Leishmania braziliensis; lethal dose for 50 of parasites; Mag; magainin; MIC; minimum inhibitory concentration; MTT; Myt; mytilin; Pen; penaeidin; RBC; red blood cells; Tach; tachyplesin; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE FACTOR; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CLAVANIN; MAGAININ 1; MYTILIN; PENAEIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TACHYPLESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CRUSTACEA; DRUG ISOLATION; HEMOLYSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LIMULUS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PENAEUS MONODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STYELA CLAVA; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL BLOOD; HEMOLYSIS; HORSESHOE CRABS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAGAININS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PENAEIDAE; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UROCHORDATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; FUNGI; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MYTILUS EDULIS; PENAEUS MONODON; PROTOZOA; STYELA CLAVA; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 37449023691     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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