Drug development targeting the mitochondrial respiratory chain of Sparganum proliferum: Initial biochemical and drug discovery insights into the enigmatic helminth parasite

• Shigehiro Enkai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

  * E-mail: enkai0517@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia International Institute of Infectious Disease Control, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-9789

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• Yurie Nakano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Host Defense for Animals, School of Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Madoka Koyanagi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Host Defense for Animals, School of Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yutaka Arimura,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Host Defense for Animals, School of Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hirotaka Kanuka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kenji Ishiwata

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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