Background: Chagas disease and leishmaniasis remain public health concerns. Despite the existence of approved medications for the treatment of these diseases, most patients discontinue treatment due to long drug regimens and/or the severe side effects of
Luis M. Sánchez-Palestino +10 more
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Repositioning Imipramine for Antiparasitic Effects Against Giardia lamblia
Background/Objectives: Giardia lamblia is an intestinal protozoan responsible for giardiasis, a globally prevalent parasitic disease. Current therapeutic options, including nitroimidazoles and benzimidazoles, have increasing treatment failures due to ...
Xareni Zinereth Herrera-Valero +6 more
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Antileishmanial potential of medicinal plants: A global systematic and meta-analytic review of in vitro studies [PDF]
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a major global health challenge with limited treatment options and rising drug resistance. Medicinal plants, traditionally used in many regions, offer a promising source of new antileishmanial agents.
Mohammed-Yassine Takzima +4 more
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Surveillance of Drug Residue Profiles in Gallus gallus domesticus (Silkie Chickens) in Taiwan
Veterinary drugs are extensively utilized in poultry farming for purposes such as disease prevention, disease treatment, and feed efficiency enhancement. However, the application of these drugs can lead to unacceptable residues in edible products.
Chiao-Hsu Ke, Jr-Wei Chen, Chen-Si Lin
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48: DRUG SCREENING OF NOVEL ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS AGAINST GIARDIA DUODENALIS
B. Knight +3 more
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Structural modifications of quinoline-based antimalarial agents: Recent developments
Antimalarial drugs constitute a major part of antiprotozoal drugs and have been in practice for a long time. Antimalarial agents generally belong to the class of quinoline which acts by interfering with heme metabolism. The recent increase in development
Sandhya Bawa +3 more
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Flavonoids from Piper Species as Promising Antiprotozoal Agents against Giardia intestinalis. Structure-Activity Relationship and Drug-Likeness Studies. [PDF]
Ticona JC +6 more
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Emerging insights into chemistry and therapeutic potentials of functionalized hexahydroquinolines
Quinolines are well-established scaffolds in drug discovery and form the core of many FDA-approved medicines. Among their reduced analogues, hexahydroquinolines (HHQs) have gained increasing attention due to their structural adaptability and broad ...
Gbolahan O. Oduselu +7 more
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Bio-Assay Guided Isolation of Germacranes with Anti-Protozoan
In the course of our search for antiprotozoal agents from terrestrial plants, three new germacranes 1, 2 and 3, together with the well known sesquiterpene lactones parthenolide (4) and costunolide (5), were isolated from Magnolia sororum using bioassay ...
Luis A. Sánchez +5 more
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Editorial: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Exploring Pathogenesis and Immunomodulatory Approaches
Wander Rogério Pavanelli +1 more
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