Antileishmanial activity of the estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene.

• Main Authors: Juliana Q Reimão (Author), Danilo C Miguel (Author), Noemi N Taniwaki (Author), Cristiana T Trinconi (Author), Jenicer K U Yokoyama-Yasunaka (Author), Silvia R B Uliana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The treatment of leishmaniasis relies mostly on parenteral drugs with potentially serious adverse effects. Additionally, parasite resistance in the treatment of leishmaniasis has been demonstrated for the majority of drugs available, making the search for more effective and less toxic dr...