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SUBMITTER: Neves BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6272663 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Neves Bruno J BJ Andrade Carolina H CH Cravo Pedro V L PV
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20150123 2
Schistosomiasis is a neglected parasitic tropical disease that claims around 200,000 human lives every year. Praziquantel (PZQ), the only drug recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment and control of human schistosomiasis, is now facing the threat of drug resistance, indicating the urgent need for new effective compounds to treat this disease. Therefore, globally, there is renewed interest in natural products (NPs) as a starting point for drug discovery and development for s ...[more]