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 …

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Current knowledge of the biochemistry of Trypanosoma cruzi has led to the development of
new drugs and the understanding of their mode of action. Some trypanocidal drugs such as …

Naphthoquinones are compounds present in several families of higher plants. Their
molecular structures confer redox properties, and they are involved in multiple biological …

Methanol extracts from twenty three plants harvested from the Savannah vegetation belt of
Nigeria were analyzed in vitro for trypanocidal activity against Trypanosoma brucei brucei …

Covering: mid-1980s up to June 2003 This review covers compounds with activity on African
trypanosomes (mainly Trypanosoma brucei subsp., T. congolense and T. vivax) isolated …

The effect of different essential oils as well as of isolated mono-and sesquiterpenes on the
viability of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei, promastigotes of Leishmania major …

In the present work, we have investigated the effect of essential oils obtained from Origanum
vulgare L.(oregano) and Thymus vulgaris L.(thyme) on growth and ultrastructure of diverse …

As one of the largest groups of secondary plant metabolites, sesquiterpene lactones (STL)
possess a broad variety of conspicuous biological activities directed towards all types of …

Parasitic diseases cause annual mortality of more than 200 thousand people. Currently
many drugs are used to treat parasitic diseases; however, they are mostly expensive, toxic …