A review on new natural and synthetic anti-leishmanial chemotherapeutic agents and current perspective of treatment approaches.

N Majumder, A Banerjee, S Saha - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are considered among the most neglected yet dangerous parasitic diseases
worldwide. According to the recent WHO report (Weekly Epidemiological Record, Sep …

Insights into the drug screening approaches in leishmaniasis

B Gopu, P Kour, R Pandian, K Singh - International Immunopharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis, a tropically neglected disease, is responsible for the high mortality and
morbidity ratio in poverty-stricken areas. Currently, no vaccine is available for the complete …

[HTML][HTML] Polyamine Metabolism in Leishmania Parasites: A Promising Therapeutic Target

NS Carter, Y Kawasaki, SS Nahata, S Elikaee… - Medical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parasites of the genus Leishmania cause a variety of devastating and often fatal diseases in
humans and domestic animals worldwide. The need for new therapeutic strategies is urgent …

[HTML][HTML] The geroprotective drug candidate CMS121 alleviates diabetes, liver inflammation, and renal damage in db/db leptin receptor deficient mice

S Zahid, AL Dafre, A Currais, J Yu, D Schubert… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
db/db mice, which lack leptin receptors and exhibit hyperphagia, show disturbances in
energy metabolism and are a model of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The geroneuroprotector …

[HTML][HTML] HAS 1: A natural product from soil-isolated Streptomyces species with potent activity against cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica

B Awada, M Hamie, R El Hajj, G Derbaj… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease, classified by the World
Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most unrestrained diseases. The Syrian war and …

[HTML][HTML] Computer-aided drug design approaches applied to screen natural product's structural analogs targeting arginase in Leishmania spp

HL Barazorda-Ccahuana, LD Goyzueta-Mamani… - …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a disease with high mortality rates and approximately 1.5
million new cases each year. Despite the new approaches and advances to fight the …

Thymoquinone Induced Leishmanicidal Effect via Programmed Cell Death in Leishmania donovani

M Islamuddin, A Ali, O Afzal, A Ali, I Ali… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar is a vector-borne dreaded protozoal infection that is
caused by the parasite Leishmania donovani. With increases in the dramatic infection rates …

Flavonoids from Pistacia chinensis subsp. integerrima with leishmanicidal activity: computational and experimental evidence

A Rauf, U Rashid, AM Shbeer… - Natural Product …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pistacia chinensis subsp. integerrima is a valuable medicinal plant as its parts and extracts
found application for treating diarrhea, fever, liver disorders, asthma, and inflammation. In …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic Pathways of Leishmania Parasite: Source of Pertinent Drug Targets and Potent Drug Candidates

S Jain, U Sahu, A Kumar, P Khare - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by a protozoan parasite Leishmania that is
transmitted via infected female sandflies. At present, leishmaniasis treatment mainly counts …

[HTML][HTML] Amelioration of Hepatotoxic and Neurotoxic Effect of Cartap by Aloe vera in Wistar Rats

VK Gupta, U Park, NJ Siddiqi, YS Huh, B Sharma - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pesticide exposure can pose a serious risk to nontarget animals. Cartap is being broadly
used in agricultural fields. The toxic effects of cartap on the levels of hepatotoxicity and …