List of Anthelmintics (antihelminthics) - Drugs.com
Anthelmintics are a type of medicine that kills helminths. Helminths are worm-like parasites such as flukes, roundworms, and tapeworms. It is important that anthelmintics are selectively toxic …
13.8B: Antiprotozoan and Antihelminthic Drugs
2022年12月24日 · Antihelminthic drugs typically focus on the disruption of structural mechanisms that maintain body structure resulting in paralysis of the helminth which promotes expulsion. …
Chapter 53. Antihelminthic Drugs - McGraw Hill Medical
Antihelminthic drugs have diverse chemical structures, mechanisms of action, and properties. Most were discovered by empiric screening methods. Many act against specific parasites, and …
Anthelmintic | Uses, Types & Side Effects | Britannica
anthelmintic, any drug that acts against infections caused by parasitic worms (helminths). Helminths can be divided into three groups: cestodes, or tapeworms; nematodes, or …
Antiparasitic Drugs - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年5月29日 · Antihelminthic Agents. Anthelminthic drugs act against parasitic worms as either vermicides or vermifuges. Vermicides act by killing the worms, whereas vermifuges help expel …
Anthelminthic therapies - UpToDate
2024年4月25日 · Helminths are multicellular parasites with complex life cycles within and outside of human hosts. The mechanisms of action for many anthelminthic agents remain incompletely …
BJOC - Anthelmintic drug discovery: target identification, …
2020年6月2日 · Anthelmintic drugs is the collective term for the group of drugs which treat infections of animals or humans infected with parasitic worms (helminths). Parasitic worms …
Repurposing anthelmintic agents to eradicate resistant leukemia
2020年6月26日 · Unexpectedly, we identified the anthelmintic agents moxidectin, ivermectin, and milbemycin to have a high anti-leukemic potential as single agents and to exhibit synergistic …
Antihelminth protection relies on the mobilization and activation of multiple immune cells, including type 2 innate lymphocytes (ILC2s), basophils, mast cells, macrophages, and hematopoietic …
Anthelmintic drugs - PubMed
2007年11月2日 · In addition, there are numerous examples of anthelmintic drugs providing exceptionally useful pharmacological tools to delineate fundamental aspects of cell signalling …