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Drugs for Trypanosomes Flashcards

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Drugs for trypansomes

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Pentamidine
Melarsoprol
Nifurtimox
Suramin
Eflornithine
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Pentamidine

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Hemolytic stage of infection

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Melarsoprol

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Oganic arsenic that inhibits sulfhydryl groups\

Can X BBB

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Nifurtimox

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Inhibits enzyme unique to trypanosomes - trypanthione reductase

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Sumarin

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DOC for early hemolytic stages

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Eflornithine

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Suicide substrate of ornithine decarboxylase

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