Antileishmanial activity of diterpene acids in copaiba oil
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Antileishmanial activity of diterpene acids in copaiba oil
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease. According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 1.5-two million new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis each year worldwide. Chemotherapy against leishmaniasis is based on pentavalent antimonials, which were developed more than a century ago. The goals of this study were to investigate the antileishmanial activity of diterpene acid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762013000100010