Meanings
adjectiveantichagasic (not comparable)
- not comparableCountering Chagas' disease.
Nitrofuranes are well known for their antichagasic activity: Nifurtimox—as well as benznidazole, the second treatment available for Chagas’ disease- has been shown to be activated by a NADH-dependent, mitochondrially localized type I nitroreductase.
2015 August 14, “Antiprotozoal Activity Profiling of Approved Drugs: A Starting Point toward Drug Repositioning”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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