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Effects of Atovaquone and Diospyrin-Based Drugs on the Cellular ATP of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii

Atovaquone (also called Mepron, or 566C80) is a napthoquinone used for the treatment of infections caused by pathogens such as Plasmodium spp. and Pneumocystis carinii. The mechanism of action against the malarial parasite is the inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOD), a consequence of bl...

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Main Authors: Cushion, Melanie T., Collins, Margaret, Hazra, Banasri, Kaneshiro, Edna S.
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC89752/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10681344
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