Are hormones relevant for the search and design of anti-parasitic drugs?

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-414

  Romano, Marta C ^a   Valdez, Ricardo A ^a   Hinojosa, Lorena ^a   Gómez, Yolanda ^a   Jiménez, Pedro ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTICESTODAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; ERGOSTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FADROZOLE; FLUTAMIDE; LANOSTEROL; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SPHINGOLIPID; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESEARCH; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLTING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG DESIGN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS;

EID: 44849116622     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802608783790884     Document Type: Review

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