Immucillins ImmA and ImmH Are Effective and Non-toxic in the Treatment of Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis.

BACKGROUND:Immucillins ImmA (IA), ImmH (IH) and SerMe-ImmH (SMIH) are synthetic deazapurine nucleoside analogues that inhibit Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi and Leishmania (L.) amazonensis multiplication in vitro without macrophage toxicity. Immucillins are compared to the Glucantime standard drug...

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Main Authors: Elisangela Oliveira Freitas, Dirlei Nico, Marcus Vinícius Alves-Silva, Alexandre Morrot, Keith Clinch, Gary B Evans, Peter C Tyler, Vern L Schramm, Clarisa B Palatnik-de-Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4689457?pdf=render