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Bifurcatriol, a New Antiprotozoal Acyclic Diterpene from the Brown Alga Bifurcaria bifurcata
Marine Drugs, 2017 Linear diterpenes that are commonly found in brown algae are of high chemotaxonomic and ecological importance. This study reports bifurcatriol (1), a new linear diterpene featuring two stereogenic centers isolated from the Irish brown alga Bifurcaria ...
Christian Merten +2 more
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Antiprotozoal Effect of Snake Venoms and Their Fractions: A Systematic Review
Pathogens, 2021 Background: Protozoal infection is a lingering public health issue of great concern, despite efforts to produce drugs and vaccines against it. Recent breakthrough research has discovered alternative antiprotozoal agents encompassing the use of snake ...
Salihu Sabiu Musa +2 more
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Molecules, 2017 The biological activity of organic peroxides is usually associated with the antimalarial properties of artemisinin and its derivatives. However, the analysis of published data indicates that organic peroxides exhibit a variety of biological activity ...
Alexander Terent'Ev +2 more
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Antiprotozoal peptide prediction using machine learning with effective feature selection techniques [PDF]
HeliyonBackground: Protozoal pathogens pose a considerable threat, leading to notable mortality rates and the ongoing challenge of developing resistance to drugs. This situation underscores the urgent need for alternative therapeutic approaches.
Neha Periwal +8 more
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Novel Formula of Antiprotozoal Mixtures
Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming more common in both bacteria and pathogenic protozoa. Therefore, new solutions are being sought as alternatives to currently used agents.
Hubert Iwiński +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 We investigated the potential antimalarial and toxicological effects of 16 medicinal plants frequently used by traditional healers to treat malaria, fever, and related disorders in the Greater Mpigi region in Uganda. Species studied were Albizia coriaria,
Fabien Schultz +10 more
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Antiparasitic Effects of Potentially Toxic Beetles (Tenebrionidae and Meloidae) from Steppe Zones
Toxins, 2021 Arthropods and specifically beetles can synthesize and/or sequester metabolites from dietary sources. In beetle families such as Tenebrionidae and Meloidae, a few studies have reported species with toxic defensive substances and antiparasitic properties ...
Marta Díaz-Navarro +8 more
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Analysis of Giardia lamblia Nucleolus as Drug Target: A Review
Pharmaceuticals, 2023 Giardia lamblia (G. lamblia) is the main causative agent of diarrhea worldwide, affecting children and adults alike; in the former, it can be lethal, and in the latter a strong cause of morbidity.
Carlos Gaona-López +4 more
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Molecules, 2021 Polycyclic endoperoxides are rare natural metabolites found and isolated in plants, fungi, and marine invertebrates. The purpose of this review is a comparative analysis of the pharmacological potential of these natural products.
Valery M. Dembitsky +4 more
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Bioactive Essential Oils from Cuban Plants: An Inspiration to Drug Development
Plants, 2021 Aromatic plants and essential oils are important agents as complementary and alternative medicines in many cultures and geographical locations. In this review, a literature search on essential oils from Cuba, their chemical compositions, and their ...
Lianet Monzote +4 more
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