Search for Antiprotozoal Activity in Herbal Medicinal Preparations; New Natural Leads against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Search for Antiprotozoal Activity in Herbal Medicinal Preparations; New Natural Leads against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, and Malaria are infectious diseases caused by unicellular eukaryotic parasites (“protozoans”). The three first mentioned are classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by the World Health Organization and together threaten more than one billion...

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Main Authors: Núria Llurba Montesino, Marcel Kaiser, Reto Brun, Thomas J. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-08-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
neglected tropical diseases
antiprotozoal activity
Plasmodium falciparum
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Leishmania donovani
herbal medicinal preparations (HMPs)
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/8/14118

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