Oxantel is an N-type (methyridine and nicotine) agonist not an L-type (levamisole and pyrantel) agonist: Classification of cholinergic anthelmintics in Ascaris

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1083-1090

  Martin, Richard J ^a   Clark, Cheryl L ^a   Trailovic, Sasa M ^a   Robertson, Alan P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACh receptor; Bephenium; Levamisole; Nicotine; Oxantel; Pyrantel; Receptor subtypes; Thenium

Indexed keywords

2 DESOXYPARAHERQUAMIDE; BEPHENIUM; BEPHENIUM HYDROXYNAPHTHOATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; METYRIDINE; NICOTINE; OXANTEL; OXANTEL EMBONATE; PARAHERQUAMIDE; PARAHERQUAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; THENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS SUUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PYRANTEL; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 4143123313     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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