Accumulation of the antimalarial microtubule inhibitors trifluralin and vinblastine by Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1580-1587

  Naughton, Julie Ann ^a   Hughes, Ruth ^b   Bray, Patrick ^b   Bell, Angus ^a  

^a Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Ireland)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Malaria; Microtubules; Trifluralin; Vinblastine

Indexed keywords

AMIPROFOS METHYL; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CARBON 14; HERBICIDE; PACLITAXEL; TRIFLURALIN; TRITIUM; VINBLASTINE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRIFLURALIN; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 40949125566     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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