Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Behnke, Jerzy M ^a   Buttle, David J ^b   Stepek, Gillian ^a,c   Lowe, Ann ^a   Duce, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ASCLEPAIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BROMELAIN; CARICAIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; COMOSAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EMODEPSIDE; FICIN; FICUS BENJAMINA LATEX; FICUS CARICA LATEX; GLYCYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; IVERMECTIN; KIWI FRUIT EXTRACT; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDE; MILKWEED LATEX EXTRACT; MORANTEL; MUCUNAIN; NICOTINIC AGENT; PAPAIN; PAPAYA LATEX; PINEAPPLE FRUIT EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROFENDER; PYRANTEL; TIABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENTEROBIASIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; WORM INFECTION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 64949101024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-29     Document Type: Article

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