Susceptibility of Trypanosoma evansi to cordycepin

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-223

  Da Silva, Aleksandro S ^a   Wolkmer, Patrícia ^a   Nunes, Joao T S ^a   Duck, Marcos R K ^a   Oliveira, Camila B ^a   Gressler, Lucas T ^a   Costa, Marcio M ^a   Zanette, Régis A ^a   Mazzanti, Cinthia M ^a   Lopes, Sonia T A ^a   Monteiro, Silvia G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3' deoxyadenosine; Erythro 9 (2 hydroxy 3 nonyl) adenine; Treatment; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE INHIBITOR; CORDYCEPIN; EHNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURRA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

ADENINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; DEOXYADENOSINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; PARASITEMIA; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 79959682589     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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