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Setaria digitate, a cattle filarial parasite reported to be very similar to parasites causing human filariasis shows cyanide insensitive oxygen uptake with the resultant production of H2O2. The production of the latter is associated with the generation of ATP. It is known to be a ubiquinone mediated process. Setaria has two quinones Q6 and Q8 in place of one higher quinone in host systems, thus opening up a very vulnerable target in the parasite.
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Raj, R.K. (1992). Presence, Formation and Function of Ubiquinones Q6 and Q8 in Filarial Parasites. In: Ong, A.S.H., Packer, L. (eds) Lipid-Soluble Antioxidants: Biochemistry and Clinical Applications. Molecular and Cell Biology Updates. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7432-8_33
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