Actions of a proline analogue, L-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (T4C), on Trypanosoma cruzi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Magdaleno, Anahí ^a   Ahn, Il Young ^a   Paes, Lisvane Silva ^a   Silber, Ariel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLINE DERIVATIVE; TIMONACIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; HOST CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PH; RAT; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84887212363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004534     Document Type: Article

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