USE OF LIPOSOME-ENCAPSULATED DRUGS IN LEISHMANIASIS

被引:36
作者
ALVING, CR [1 ]
STECK, EA [1 ]
机构
[1] WALTER REED ARMY INST RES,DEPT MED CHEM,DIV EXPTL THERAPEUT,WASHINGTON,DC 20012
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10.1016/0968-0004(79)90404-3
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease of tropical and subtropical areas, which afflicts probably more than 100 million people. Recent studies show that encapsulating drugs in artificial phospholipid vesicles, called liposomes, can make them more than 700 times effective than unencapsulated drugs [1-4]. © 1979.
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