Mintzer CL, Deloron P, Rice-Ficht A, Durica D, Struck DK, Roessner CA, Nicolau C, Ihler GM. Reduced parasitemia observed with erythrocytes containing inositol hexaphosphate.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1988;
32:391-4. [PMID:
3364957 PMCID:
PMC172182 DOI:
10.1128/aac.32.3.391]
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Abstract
Chemicals entrapped in erythrocytes by hypotonic hemolysis can be assessed for possible antiparasitic activity both in vivo and in vitro, regardless of whether they are able to diffuse into erythrocytes readily. Inositol hexaphosphate, a highly charged compound, produced a dramatic lowering of the percentage of cells infected by Babesia microti in vivo and both B. microti and Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Several possible mechanisms for this observation are discussed.
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