antichagasic
English
Etymology
anti- + chagasic
Adjective
antichagasic (not comparable)
- Countering Chagas' disease.
- 2015 August 14, “Antiprotozoal Activity Profiling of Approved Drugs: A Starting Point toward Drug Repositioning”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Nitrofuranes are well known for their antichagasic activity: Nifurtimox—as well as benznidazole, the second treatment available for Chagas’ disease- has been shown to be activated by a NADH-dependent, mitochondrially localized type I nitroreductase.
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