Parasiticidal effect of 16alpha-bromoepiandrosterone (EpiBr) in amoebiasis and cysticercosis.
Microbes Infect
; 12(8-9): 677-82, 2010 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-20403456
ABSTRACT
The effect of the dehydroepiandrosterone analog 16alpha-bromoepiandrosterone (EpiBr) was tested on the tapeworm Taenia crassiceps and the protist Entamoeba histolytica, both in vivo and in vitro. Administration of EpiBr prior to infection with cysticerci in mice reduced the parasite load by 50% compared with controls. EpiBr treatment induced 20% reduction on the development of amoebic liver abscesses in hamsters. In vitro treatment of T. crassiceps and E. histolytica cultures with EpiBr, reduced reproduction, motility and viability in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. These results leave open the possibility of assessing the potential of this hormonal analog as a possible anti-parasite drug, including cysticercosis and amoebiasis.
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Main subject:
Taenia
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Cysticercosis
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Amebiasis
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Androsterone
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Anthelmintics
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Antiprotozoal Agents
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Animals
Language:
En
Year:
2010
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Article