Additional Evidence of the Trypanocidal Action of (−)-Elatol on Amastigote Forms through the Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species

Additional Evidence of the Trypanocidal Action of (−)-Elatol on Amastigote Forms through the Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species

Chagas’ disease, a vector-transmitted infectious disease, is caused by the protozoa parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Drugs that are currently available for the treatment of this disease are unsatisfactory, making the search for new chemotherapeutic agents a priority. We recently described the trypanocid...

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Main Authors: Vânia Cristina Desoti, Danielle Lazarin-Bidóia, Daniela Bueno Sudatti, Renato Crespo Pereira, Tania Ueda-Nakamura, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Sueli de Oliveira Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-09-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
(−)-elatol
Laurencia dendroidea
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas’ disease
reactive oxygen species
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/12/9/4973

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