Antiprotozoal activity of flavonoids from Eupatorium arnottianum
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María Clavin1, Silvia Cazorla2,3, Renata Spina4, Miguel A. Sosa4, Emilio Malchiodi2, Virginia Martino1, Fernanda Frank2,3,†, Liliana Muschietti1,†,* 1Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Farmacognosia. IQUIMEFA (UBACONICET), Junín 956 2° F (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Inmunología. IDEHU (UBACONICET), Junín 956 4° F (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3Universidad de Buenos Aires. CONICET. Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Medica, IMPaM. Paraguay 2155 13° F (1211), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 4Universidad Nacional de Cuyo-CONICET. Instituto de Histología y Embriología "Dr. Mario H. Burgos", Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, CC 56 (5500), Mendoza, Argentina. †Equal contribution
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