Study of the in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities of nimodipine in susceptible BALB/c mice

Study of the in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities of nimodipine in susceptible BALB/c mice

Background & objectives: Pentavalent antimonials are the standard treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), however, treatment failures are frequent. Nimodipine, a calcium channel blocker is known to show promising antiprotozoal effects. Here, we investigated the antileishmanial effect of Nimo...

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Main Authors: Reza Azadi, Ghazal Alipour-Talesh, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Seyedeh Hoda Alavizadeh, Masoud Maleki, Mahnaz Banihashemi, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Subjects:
amastigote; balb/c mice; leishmania major; meglumine antimoniate; nimodipine; promastigote
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