Activity of 9-acridanone-hydrazone drugs detected at the pre-postural phase, in the experimental schistosomiasis mansoni

The compound Ro-15.5458/000, derivative in the class of 9-acridanone-hydrazones, was found to be effective against Schistosoma mansoni in mice, killing almost all the skin schistosomules (24 hr after infection), when administered at the dose of 100 mg/kg. In experiments carried out with Cebus monkey...

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Main Authors: Leogenes Horacio Pereira, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Jose Oswaldo Costa, Rômulo Teixeira de Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1995-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761995000300021