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