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SUBMITTER: Aguilera E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6832524 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aguilera Elena E Perdomo Cintya C Espindola Alejandra A Corvo Ileana I Faral-Tello Paula P Robello Carlos C Serna Elva E Benítez Fátima F Riveros Rocío R Torres Susana S Vera de Bilbao Ninfa I NI Yaluff Gloria G Alvarez Guzmán G
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20191022 20
Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis are neglected endemic protozoan diseases recognized as public health problems by the World Health Organization. These diseases affect millions of people around the world however, efficient and low-cost treatments are not available. Different steroid molecules with antimicrobial and antiparasitic activity were isolated from diverse organisms (ticks, plants, fungi). These molecules have complex structures that make de novo synthesis extremely difficult. In this wor ...[more]