Current drug targets for helminthic diseases

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1819-1831

  Rana, Ajay Kumar ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIARYLPROPEN 1 ONE; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 4 (8 CYCLOPENTYL 7 ETHYL 5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 2 PTERIDINYLAMINO) 3 METHOXY N (1 METHYL 4 PIPERIDINYL)BENZAMIDE; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; APIGENIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BITHIONOL; CLOSANTEL; CURCUMIN; CYCLODEPSIPEPTIDE; DERQUANTEL; EMODEPSIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETACRYNIC ACID; GOSSYPOL; IMIDAZOTHIAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; K 11017; K 11777; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDE; MONEPANTEL; MOXIDECTIN; NAFUREDIN; PLUMBAGIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TIRANDAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIVESTOCK; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MACROPARASITE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENOMICS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEOMICS;

ANIMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 84876293615     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3383-6     Document Type: Review

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