Insulin reduces the requirement for serum in Plasmodium falciparum culture
Insulin added to Plasmodium falciparum cultures (0.2 IU/ml) reduced the requirement for human serum from ten to five percent. This represents an obvious advantage by its serum-sparing effect and by reducing the chances of using contaminated serum in cultures. The growth-promoting ability of insulin was observed eitherin culture- adapted P. falciparum or in newly-isolated samples.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
1984
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821984000100009 |
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