Blood schizontocidal activity of methylene blue in combination with antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum
Methylene blue (MB) is the oldest synthetic antimalarial. It is not used anymore as antimalarial but should be reconsidered. For this purpose we have measured its impact on both chloroquine sensitive and resistant Plasmodium strains. We showed that around 5 nM of MB were able to inhibit 50% of the p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2007-06-01
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| Series: | Parasite |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2007142135 |