Impact of plant-based foods and nutraceuticals on toxoplasma gondii cysts: nutritional therapy as a viable approach for managing chronic brain toxoplasmosis

• Main Authors: Tan, Sijie, Tong, Wen Han, Vyas, Ajai
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Cyst; Chronic Toxoplasmosis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160512
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that mainly infects warm-blooded animals including humans. T. gondii can encyst and persist chronically in the brain, leading to a broad spectrum of neurological sequelae. Despite the associated health threats, no clinical drug is currently ava...