Fluorinated rhodacyanine (SJL-01) possessing high efficacy for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) (Publications)
Anti-Leishmania in vitro and in vivo activities of various rhodacyanine derivatives have been examined. Among them, the fluorinatied variant SJL-01 (8) showed IC(50) of 0.011 microM against Leishmania
Tegumental changes in adult <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> harboured in mice treated with praziquantel enantiomers (Publications)
Praziquantel administered to the host causes damage to the tegument of Schistosoma mansoni. In this study, the effects of racemic praziquantel (Pra) and its enantiomers, levo-praziquantel (L-Pra) and
Cynaropicrin: the first plant natural product with <em>in vivo</em> activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> (Publications)
A screen of 1800 plant and fungal extracts with subsequent HPLC-based activity profiling was done to identify new antiprotozoal leads from nature. This led to the identification of cynaropicrin (1) fr
Geschlechtsunterschiede in Gesundheit und Gesundheitsverhalten (Publications)
The higher life expectancy of women is contrasting with the higher female morbidity known from health interview surveys and statistics on use of health services. In the Swiss Health Survey SOMIPOPS, w
