Structurally simple inhibitors of lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase are efficacious in a rodent model of acute Chagas disease.

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Published in J Med Chem on June 25, 2009

Authors

Praveen Kumar Suryadevara1, Srinivas Olepu, Jeffrey W Lockman, Junko Ohkanda, Mandana Karimi, Christophe L M J Verlinde, James M Kraus, Jan Schoepe, Wesley C Van Voorhis, Andrew D Hamilton, Frederick S Buckner, Michael H Gelb

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1: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

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