In its broadest aspect, a method for treating a mammalian patient at risk or suffering from a disease caused by a kinetoplastid parasite comprises administering to such subject an effective kinetoplasticidal amount of an imido-substituted 1,4- naphthoquinone to inhibit the kinetoplastid. In an important aspect, a method of inhibiting Trypanosoma cruzi comprises administering to a patient for prophylaxis or to a patient in need of treatment an antitrypanosomal effective amount of an imido-substituted 1 A-naphthoquinone.
在其最广泛的方面,一种治疗受威胁或患有由原生质体寄生虫引起的疾病的哺乳动物患者的方法包括向该受试者施用有效的威力质体杀灭剂量的
亚胺取代的
1,4-萘醌以抑制威力体。在一个重要方面,一种抑制克氏锥虫的方法包括向需要预防或治疗的患者施用
亚胺取代的1 A-
萘醌的抗克氏锥虫有效量。