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Cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase of helminths

Cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase of helminths. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. Of four benzimidazole anthelmintics tested on purified cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from Ascaris suum, Fasciola hepatica and Moniezia expansa, mebendazole exhibited the highest percentage inhibitions, and the authors conclude that cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase regulating glycogen synthesis are the sites of mebendazole inhibitory activity while the sites for the other anthelmintics remain unclear.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Inhibition assays on purified cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from three helminths
    exposure
    Albendazole, parbendazole, mebendazole and thiabendazole on purified enzyme extracts
    limitations
    A competing target claim. Enzyme inhibition percentages in purified extracts do not establish that this happens at therapeutic concentrations in a living parasite.
    nutrient_topic
    Mebendazole research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and mebendazole is recorded separately from albendazole, from the benzimidazole class and from its own crystal forms. · Mebendazole
    organism
    Helminth
    plain_language
    A rival account: the drug jams an enzyme of the worm’s sugar metabolism, and mebendazole does it hardest.
    primary_references
    [mbz-p3617430] Inhibition of malate dehydrogenase enzymes by benzimidazole anthelmintics. (1987). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3617430/ DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(87)90048-3
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Ascaris suum, Fasciola hepatica and Moniezia expansa

    Mebendazole: the tubulin it binds, why that is selective, the crystal form that decides whether any of it works, and the off-target that became an oncology programme (2026-09-22) · lines 238–249

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Inhibition assays on purified cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from three helminths · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### mbz-inhibits-malate-dehydrogenase Of four benzimidazole anthelmintics tested on purified cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from Ascaris suum, Fasciola hepatica and Moniezia expansa, mebendazole exhibited the highest percentage inhibitions, and the authors conclude that cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase regulating glycogen synthesis are the sites of mebendazole inhibitory activity while the sites for the other anthelmintics remain unclear. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Mebendazole research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and mebendazole is recorded separately from albendazole, from the benzimidazole class and from its own crystal forms. plain_language: A rival account: the drug jams an enzyme of the worm’s sugar metabolism, and mebendazole does it hardest. organism: Helminth tissue_or_cell_type: Ascaris suum, Fasciola hepatica and Moniezia expansa experimental_model: Inhibition assays on purified cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase from three helminths limitations: A competing target claim. Enzyme inhibition percentages in purified extracts do not establish that this happens at therapeutic concentrations in a living parasite. exposure: Albendazole, parbendazole, mebendazole and thiabendazole on purified enzyme extracts evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/mebendazole-research/3617430.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "addd86672cc2c829b72354c05387892908f94c49f81e1236e372432c68a622fe", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 589, "text_sha256": "addd86672cc2c829b72354c05387892908f94c49f81e1236e372432c68a622fe"} [mbz-p3617430] Inhibition of malate dehydrogenase enzymes by benzimidazole anthelmintics. (1987). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3617430/ DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(87)90048-3
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