Cestodes, chemotherapy

The carbohydrate metabolism of cestodes has been more extensively studied than any other aspect of metabolism it has been the subject of a number of reviews (39,41,101,102,104,129,221,398,490,492,673,698, 759,816, 911, 931). Much work in this area has been aimed at the identification of biochemical steps which might differ substantially from the host metabolism and which may, therefore, be of value for rational drug design. Unfortunately, in practice, the approach has not proved to be very rewarding and virtually all useful drugs against cestodes have been developed empirically rather than rationally. The chemotherapy of cestodes will not be covered here as this aspect has been comprehensively reviewed (113, 114, 190, 735, 895, 946). 

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