The Combination of Vitamin K3 and Vitamin C Has Synergic Activity against Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi through a Redox Imbalance Process.
Chagas' disease is an infection that is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affecting millions of people worldwide. Because of severe side effects and variable efficacy, the current treatments for Chagas' disease are unsatisfactory, making the search for new chemotherapeutic agents...
Main Authors: | Vânia Cristina Desoti, Danielle Lazarin-Bidóia, Fabianne Martins Ribeiro, Solange Cardoso Martins, Jean Henrique da Silva Rodrigues, Tania Ueda-Nakamura, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Valdecir Farias Ximenes, Sueli de Oliveira Silva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144033 |
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