Disturbance in hemoglobin metabolism and in vivo antimalarial activity of azole antimycotics;Alteración en el metabolismo de la hemoglobina y actividad antimalárica in vivo de azoles antimicóticos

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Rodrigues, Juan Ricardo ^a   Lourenco, Diana ^a   Gamboa, Neira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

hematin synthesis; Azole antimycotics; Hemoglobin degradation; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

BETA HEMATIN; CHLOROQUINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; KETOCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMEPROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 79953022195     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652011000100005     Document Type: Article

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