The use of indigenous or remote popular knowledge to identify new drugs against diseases
or infections is a well-known approach in medicine. The inhabitants of coastal regions are …

To survive in a very competitive environment, marine macroalgae had to evolve defense
strategies, resulting in an enormous diversity of compounds from different metabolic …

Algae have been used since ancient times as food, fodder, fertilizer and as source of
medicine. Nowadays seaweeds represent an unlimited source of the raw materials used in …

Parasitic diseases are a neglected and serious problem, especially in underdeveloped
countries. Among the major parasitic diseases, Leishmaniasis figures as an urgent …

ABSTRACT A novel series of furoxan (1, 2, 5-oxadiazole 2-oxide)(compounds 3, 4a and-b,
13a and-b, and 14a to-f) and benzofuroxan (benzo [c][1, 2, 5] oxadiazole 1 …

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one billion people suffer
from neglected tropical diseases. Leishmaniasis is a widespread disease, affecting 12 …

The performance of two light‐emitting diode traps with white and black light for capturing
phlebotomine sand flies, developed by the Argentinean Leishmaniasis Research Network …

The present study describes the antiprotozoal activities of four cyclopalladated
compounds,[Pd (dmba)(μ-Cl)] 2,[Pd (dmba)(NCO)(isn)],[Pd (dmba)(N3)(isn)] and [Pd …

Background The potential attraction from 1-octen-3-ol for sandflies has been documented;
however, studies using other primary alcohols are limited. Findings We used a wind tunnel …

Abstract Musca flies (Diptera: Muscidae) have been found culpable in the mechanical
transmission of several infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, protozoans, and …