Publication Date:
1990-08-24
Description:
The dinitroaniline herbicide trifluralin (alpha, alpha, alpha-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N, N-dipropyl-p-toluidine), at micromolar concentrations, selectively inhibited both proliferation and differentiation of the parasitic protozoan Leishmania mexicana amazonensis. In vitro, radioactive trifluralin showed specific binding to leishmania tubulin but not to mammalian tubulin. Because herbicides such as trifluralin are economical and are considered safe for man and domesticated animals, they may serve as useful sources of potential antiparasitic agents.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chan, M M -- Fong, D -- AI 21364/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA 49359/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Aug 24;249(4971):924-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08855.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2392684" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Division/drug effects
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Cell Line
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Leishmania mexicana/drug effects/*growth & development
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Macrophages/drug effects/*physiology
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Protein Binding
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Rats
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Species Specificity
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Toluidines/*pharmacology
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Trifluralin/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Tubulin/metabolism
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*Tubulin Modulators
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Tumor Cells, Cultured/cytology/drug effects
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
