Apoptosis-like death in Leishmania donovani promastigotes induced by diospyrin and its ethanolamine derivative

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 596-601

  Mukherjee, Piyali ^a   Majee, Sutapa Biswas ^b   Ghosh, Subhalakshmi ^b   Hazra, Banasri ^b  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Diospyrin; Diospyros montana; Leishmania donovani; Promastigotes; Quinones

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; 4 CHLOROANILINE; AMINOACETYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIEPOXIDE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL ETHER; DIOSPYRIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE ETHYL ESTER; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MONOAMINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIMED IN SITU LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ETHANOLAMINES; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 70350409233     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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