A New Parasiticidal Compound in T. solium Cysticercosis

The effect of 16α-bromoepiandrosterone (EpiBr), a dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) analogue, was tested on the cysticerci of Taenia solium, both in vitro and in vivo. In vitro treatment of T. solium cultures with EpiBr reduced scolex evagination, growth, motility, and viability in dose- and time-depend...

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Main Authors: Romel Hernández-Bello, Galileo Escobedo, Julio Cesar Carrero, Claudia Cervantes-Rebolledo, Charles Dowding, James Frincke, Chris Reading, Jorge Morales-Montor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/505240