Essential Oils and Terpenic Compounds as Potential Hits for Drugs against Amitochondriate Protists

Essential Oils and Terpenic Compounds as Potential Hits for Drugs against Amitochondriate Protists

The human anaerobic or microaerophilic protists <i>Giardia duodenalis</i>, <i>Entamoeba histolytica,</i> and <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i> are classified as amitochondriate parasites, a group of unicellular organisms that lack canonical mitochondria organelles. The...

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Main Authors: Saulo Almeida Menezes, Tiana Tasca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
essential oils
terpenes
amitochondriate parasites
chemotherapy
mechanism of action
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/1/37

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