Do transcriptome profiles of the protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus reveal that excretory-secretory products are essential to metabolic adaptation?
This study provides valuable information on the metabolic adaptation of parasites to their hosts that can be used to aid the development of novel intervention targets for hydatid treatment and control.
Flavonoids, particularly quercetin, the most abundant flavonoid in the human diet, are likely to be important in defending human colonocytes from oxidative attack.