The antioxidants resveratrol and N-acetylcysteine enhance anthelmintic activity of praziquantel and artesunate against Schistosoma mansoni

Background: Treatment of schistosomiasis has relied on the anthelmintic drug praziquantel (PZQ) for more than a generation. Despite its celebrated performance for treatment and control of schistosomiasis and other platyhelminth infections, praziquantel has some shortcomings and the inability of this...

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Main Author: Gouveia, M (author)
Other Authors: Brindley, P (author), Azevedo, C (author), Gärtner, F (author), Costa, JMC (author), Vale, N (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/136352
Country:Portugal
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