Synergistic and additive effects of epigallocatechin gallate and digitonin on Plasmodium sporozoite survival and motility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hellmann, Janina K ^a   Münter, Sylvia ^a   Wink, Michael ^a   Frischknecht, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITONIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG POTENTIATION; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; DIGITONIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; LIVER; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 77952492395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008682     Document Type: Article

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