The toxic effects of piperine against Trypanosoma cruzi: ultrastructural alterations and reversible blockage of cytokinesis in epimastigote forms.

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Published in Parasitol Res on January 29, 2008

Authors

Leonardo Freire-de-Lima1, Tatiana Santana Ribeiro, Gustavo Miranda Rocha, Bruno Alves Brandão, Alexandre Romeiro, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, José Osvaldo Previato, Marco Edilson Freire de Lima, Técia Maria Ulisses de Carvalho, Norton Heise

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-902, Brazil.

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