antiamebic

[an″te-ah-me´bik]

1. destroying or suppressing the growth of amebas.

2. a type of antiprotozoal agent that particularly destroys or suppresses the growth of amebas.

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In addition, the antiamebic activity of diosgenin against Naegleria fowleri trophozoites at the cellular and molecular levels was also investigated.

Diosgenin: Recent Highlights on Pharmacology and Analytical Methodology

Members of the phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid class are known to exhibit pronounced cytotoxicity and antiamebic, antifungal, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities and to also inhibit enzymes involved in the synthesis of DNA and proteins, and several alkaloids and their N-oxides (32-35) were obtained from the extract of F.

Naturally occurring plant isoquinoline N-oxide alkaloids: their pharmacological and SAR activities

Retrospectively, the ineffectiveness of antibiotics and antiamebic drugs suggested an unusual infection.

A case of intestinal parasitosis due to animal hookworm/ Un caso de parasitosis intestinal ocasionado por anquilostomideo de animales/ Um caso de parasitose intestinais ocasionado por ancylostomideo de animais

Castela texana, an antiamebic plant, was shown not to be mutagenic in the Ames test; in contrast, it is an antioxidant and reduces mutations induced by fluoroquinolones [2].

Antimutagenicity of methanolic extracts from Anemopsis californica in relation to their antioxidant activity

In that case an early diagnosis of PAM was made via an astute technician's visualization of ameba on a wet-mount of CSF, and aggressive antiamebic therapy was started promptly.

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Florida: a case report and epidemiological review of Florida cases

Oral immunization with attenuated vaccine strains of Vibrio cholerae expressing a dodecapeptide repeat of the serine-rich Entamoeba histolytica protein fused to the cholera toxin B subunit induces systemic and mucosal antiamebic and anti-V.

Cholera toxin: a paradigm of a multifunctional protein

Oral immunization with an attenuated vaccine strain of Salmonella typhimurium expressing the serine-rich Entameba histolytica protein induces an antiamebic immune response and protects gerbils from amebic liver abscess.

New developments in antiprotozoal vaccines/ Gelismekte olan antiprotozoal asilar

histolytica and be treated unnecessarily with antiamebic chemotherapy.

Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in children in Bangladesh. (Research)

Many cases were misdiagnosed as amebiasis, and treatment with antiamebic drugs contributed to the high mortality (2,3).