Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases

Intestinal helminth infections of livestock and humans are predominantly controlled by treatment with three classes of synthetic drugs, but some livestock nematodes have now developed resistance to all three classes and there are signs that human hookworms are becoming less responsive to the two cla...

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Main Authors: Behnke, Jerzy M., Buttle, David J., Stepek, Gillian, Lowe, Ann, Duce, I.R.
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2008
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29454/