Antiprotozoal Drug Development and Delivery

This book reviews new promising drug targets for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with a special focus on antiprotozoal drugs against trpyanosomatids Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the most recent studied targets, and it outlines classical and ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vermelho, Alane Beatriz (Editor), Supuran, Claudiu T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Classical and Modern Drug Treatments for Leishmaniasis
  • Saponins as Potential Antiprotozoa Agents
  • Chagas Disease: Drug Development and Parasite Target
  • Targeting carbonic anhydrases from Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi as a strategy to obtain new drugs
  • New Compounds for the Management of Trypanosoma brucei Infection
  • Polyamine and Trypanothione Pathways as Targets for Novel Antileishmanial Drugs
  • Nano and Microstructured Delivery Systems for Current Antileishmanial Drugs
  • Pharmacological Treatment of Malaria
  • η-Class Carbonic Anhydrases as Antiplasmodial Drug Targets: Current State of the Art and Hurdles to Develop New Antimalarials
  • Management of Entamoeba histolytica Infection: Treatment Strategies and Possible New Drug Targets
  • Trichomonas vaginalis Pharmacological Treatment
  • Beta-Carbonic Anhydrase from Trichomonas Vaginalis as New Antiprotozoan Drug Target
  • Drugs for the treatment of toxoplasmosis
  • Challenges and promises for obtaining new antiprotozoal drugs – what’s going wrong?