Resolution of praziquantel

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Woelfle, Michael ^a   Seerden, Jean Paul ^b   de Gooijer, Jesse ^b   Pouwer, Kees ^b   Olliaro, Piero ^c   Todd, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Syncom BV   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; TARTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PURITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; HYDROLYSIS; OPTICAL ROTATION; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANTHELMINTICS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STEREOISOMERISM; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 80053458170     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001260     Document Type: Article

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