In vitro evaluation of the effectiveness of new water-stable cationic carbosilane dendrimers against Acanthamoeba castellanii UAH-T17c3 trophozoites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 961-969

  Heredero Bermejo, I ^a   Copa Patino J L ^a   Soliveri, J ^a   Garcia Gallego S ^a,b   Rasines, B ^a,b   Gomez R ^a,b   De La Mata, F J ^a,b   Perez Serrano J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

0G-CNN2; 1G-CNN8; 2G-CNN16; CARBOSILANE DENDRIMER; DENDRIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION; AMEBICIDAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBICIDES; CELL COUNT; DENDRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SILANES; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII;

EID: 84878411052     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3216-z     Document Type: Article

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