Antileishmanial activity mediated by apoptosis and structure-based target study of peganine hydrochloride dihydrate: an approach for rational drug design
Author(s) -
Pragya Misra,
Tanvir Khaliq,
Anshuman Dixit,
Souvik Sengupta,
Mukesh Samant,
Shraddha Kumari,
Awanish Kumar,
Pramod Kumar Kushawaha,
Hemanta K. Majumder,
Anil K. Saxena,
Tadigoppula Narender,
Anuradha Dube
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn319
Subject(s) - topoisomerase , leishmania donovani , apoptosis , biology , biochemistry , dna , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , pharmacology , immunology , leishmaniasis , visceral leishmaniasis
The aim of this study was to resolve the putative pathway responsible for death induced by peganine hydrochloride dihydrate isolated from Peganum harmala seeds at cellular, structural and molecular level in Leishmania donovani, a causative agent of fatal visceral leishmaniasis.
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