[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing and human parasitic protozoan diseases

KT Andrews, G Fisher, TS Skinner-Adams - International Journal for …, 2014 - Elsevier
Parasitic diseases have an enormous health, social and economic impact and are a
particular problem in tropical regions of the world. Diseases caused by protozoa and …

An overview on the therapeutics of neglected infectious diseases—Leishmaniasis and Chagas diseases

K Chanda - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as termed by WHO include twenty different infectious
diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Among these NTDs, Chagas …

Sesquiterpene Lactones from Artemisia Genus: Biological Activities and Methods of Analysis

B Ivanescu, A Miron, A Corciova - Journal of analytical methods …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Sesquiterpene lactones are a large group of natural compounds, found primarily in plants of
Asteraceae family, with over 5000 structures reported to date. Within this family, genus …

[PDF][PDF] The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against protozoan neglected diseases-part II

TJ Schmidt, SA Khalid, AJ Romanha, TMA Alves… - 2012 - researchgate.net
Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

Application of nanotechnology in treatment of leishmaniasis: a review

M Akbari, A Oryan, G Hatam - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a protozoan species of the genus
Leishmania affecting mostly the develo** countries. The disease with current mortality rate …

Use of natural products in leishmaniasis chemotherapy: an overview

LFO Gervazoni, GB Barcellos, T Ferreira-Paes… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is an infectious parasitic disease that is caused by protozoa of the genus
Leishmania, a member of the Trypanosomatidae family. Leishmaniasis is classified by the …

Plant derived therapeutics for the treatment of Leishmaniasis

R Sen, M Chatterjee - Phytomedicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Diseases caused by insect borne trypanosomatid parasites are significant, yet remain a
neglected public health problem. Leishmania, a unicellular protozoan parasite is the …

Research Advances on Health Effects of Edible Artemisia Species and Some Sesquiterpene Lactones Constituents

A Trendafilova, LM Moujir, PMC Sousa, AML Seca - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The genus Artemisia, often known collectively as “wormwood”, has aroused great interest in
the scientific community, pharmaceutical and food industries, generating many studies on …

Artemisinin and its derivatives in treating protozoan infections beyond malaria

CSN Loo, NSK Lam, D Yu, X Su, F Lu - Pharmacological research, 2017 - Elsevier
Parasitic protozoan diseases continue to rank among the world's greatest global health
problems, which are also common among poor populations. Currently available drugs for …

[HTML][HTML] Antileishmanial activities of medicinal herbs and phytochemicals in vitro and in vivo: An update for the years 2015 to 2021

AA Hassan, HE Khalid, AH Abdalla, MM Mukhtar… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases that present areal public health
problems worldwide. Chemotherapy has several limitations such as toxic side effects, high …