Advances with the Chinese anthelminthic drug tribendimidine in clinical trials and laboratory investigations

Acta Tropica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-126

  Xiao, Shu Hua ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Tanner, Marcel ^b,c   Keiser, Jennifer ^b,c   Xue, Jian ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cestode; Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; In vitro studies; In vivo studies; Nematode; People's Republic of China; Pharmacokinetics; Soil transmitted helminthiases; Trematode; Tribendimidine

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; DRUG METABOLITE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRIBENDIMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG; METABOLITE; NEMATODE; TOXICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASTHENIA; BLURRED VISION; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CHINA; CHINESE; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NEMATODE; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TREMATODE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHINA; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES;

CHINA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CESTODA; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NEMATODA; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84875500366     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.009     Document Type: Review

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