Wiid I, Hoal-van Helden E, Hon D, Lombard C, van Helden P
MRC Centre For Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch Medical School, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Apr;43(4):975-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.4.975.
The limited number of effective antituberculosis drugs available necessitates optimizing current treatments. We show that melatonin, which is synthesized in the pineal gland, can cause at least a threefold increase in the efficacy of isoniazid. This suggests that tuberculosis chemotherapy can be improved by innate molecules such as melatonin.
可用的有效抗结核药物数量有限,因此有必要优化当前的治疗方法。我们发现,由松果体合成的褪黑素可使异烟肼的疗效至少提高三倍。这表明,像褪黑素这样的内源性分子可以改善结核病化疗。