Antileishmanial effect of free and encapsulated sinefungin against Leishmania donovani infections in BALB/c mice |
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| Authors: | R A Neal M V Iwobi M Robert-Gero |
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| Affiliation: | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Herts, Great Britain. |
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| Abstract: | Sinefungin, a C-nucleoside antibiotic, displays a high antiparasitic action. The effect of free and microencapsulated sinefungin was compared on BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania donovani; the encapsulated form proved more effective by one order of magnitude. |
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