Trypanocidal activity and acute toxicity assessment of triterpene acids

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 985-989

  Da Silva Ferreira, Daniele ^a   Esperandim, Viviane Rodrigues ^a   Toldo, Miriam Paula Alonso ^a   Saraiva, Juliana ^a   Cunha, Wilson Roberto ^b   De Albuquerque, Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZNIDAZOLE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LAFEPE; OLEANOLIC ACID; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URSOLIC ACID; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRITERPENES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77952529519     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1740-2     Document Type: Article

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