Curcumin-arteether combination therapy of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice prevents recrudescence through immunomodulation.

Earlier studies in this laboratory have shown the potential of artemisinin-curcumin combination therapy in experimental malaria. In a parasite recrudescence model in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (ANKA), a single dose of alpha,beta-arteether (ART) with three oral doses of curcumin prevented...

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Main Authors: Palakkod G Vathsala, Chaitanya Dende, Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Gobardhan Das, Pundi N Rangarajan, Govindarajan Padmanaban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3262785?pdf=render