In vitro screening of known drugs identified by scaffold hopping techniques shows promising leishmanicidal activity for suramin and netilmicin

Abstract Objective The rapid emergence of drug resistant Leishmanial strains makes it imperative to continue the development of cheap and effective drugs against the parasite. Due to the absence of effective vaccines against leishmaniasis, current therapeutic measures exclusively rely on chemotherap...

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Main Authors: Supriya Khanra, Y. Pavan Kumar, Jyotirmayee Dash, Rahul Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3446-y