Growth inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania donovani infantum by different snake venoms: Preliminary identification of proteins from Cerastes cerastes venom which interact with the parasites
Venom from three different snake species was tested in vitro against the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania ddonovani infantum. Two of them, Cerastes cerastes and Naja haje, exerted a significant growth inhibition of T. cruzi and L. d. infantum parasites. Heating of the venoms abol...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Toxicon (Oxford) 1994-08, Vol.32 (8), p.875-882 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Venom from three different snake species was tested
in vitro against the protozoan parasites
Trypanosoma cruzi and
Leishmania ddonovani infantum. Two of them,
Cerastes cerastes and
Naja haje, exerted a significant growth inhibition of
T. cruzi and
L. d. infantum parasites. Heating of the venoms abolished their activity, suggesting that the active factors are thermolabile. Incubation of parasites with
125I-labelled
C. cerastes venom proteins allowed preliminary identification of components which interact preferentially with the pathogens. |
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ISSN: | 0041-0101 1879-3150 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0041-0101(94)90366-2 |