Dolabelladienetriol, a compound from Dictyota pfaffii algae, inhibits the infection by Leishmania amazonensis.

• Egile Nagusiak: Deivid Costa Soares (Egilea), Teresa C Calegari-Silva (Egilea), Ulisses G Lopes (Egilea), Valéria L Teixeira (Egilea), Izabel C N de Palmer Paixão (Egilea), Claudio Cirne-Santos (Egilea), Dumith Chequer Bou-Habib (Egilea), Elvira M Saraiva (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy for leishmaniasis, a disease caused by Leishmania parasites, is expensive and causes side effects. Furthermore, parasite resistance constitutes an increasing problem, and new drugs against this disease are needed. In this study, we examine the effect of the compound 8,10,18-...