TABLE 2.
Compartmental analysis of polyamine distribution in P. falciparum-infected RBCs
Compartment | Polyamine concn (nmol 1010 cells−1)a
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Putrescine | Spermidine | Spermine | |
Parasite-host unit | 164.6 ± 69.8 | 865.9 ± 342.5 | 45.7 ± 21.5 |
Parasite | 104.7 ± 54.1 | 686.8 ± 299.4 | 34.0 ± 19.3 |
Host cell | 41.9 ± 9.6 | 140.4 ± 37.0 | 11.9 ± 6.8 |
The results are the means ± standard deviations of four independent determinations.