Natural products for the treatment of trachoma and chlamydia trachomatis

• Main Authors: Cho, Nam-Joon, Potroz, Michael G.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Molecular structure and bonding
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103294; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25832
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The neglected tropical disease (NTD) trachoma is currently the leading cause of eye disease in the world, and the pathogenic bacteria causing this condition, Chlamydia trachomatis, is also the most common sexually transmitted pathogenic bacterium. Although the serovars of this bacterial species typi...