Anti-plasmodium activity of angiotensin II and related synthetic peptides

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Maciel, Ceres ^a   de Oliveira Jr , Vani Xavier ^b   Fázio, Marcos Antonio ^c   Nacif Pimenta, Rafael ^d   Miranda, Antonio ^c   Pimenta, Paulo F P ^d   Capurro, Margareth Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANICERES 1; VANICERES 2; VANICERES 3; VANICERES 4; VANICERES 5; VANICERES 6; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOWL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; THORAX; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKENS; CYTOPLASM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 53249129276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003296     Document Type: Article

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