Table 2.

The effect of the nutritional state of the parasites on treatment with glutamate analogs. The inhibitory percentages (%) were calculated from the viability of the epimastigotes obtained in each starved condition with or without the addition of drug (MS = 20 mM, MSE = 60 mM, and MSO = 50 mM).

Nutrients	MS	MSE	MSO
PBS (no nutrients)	87	18	51
GLC	55	38	84
L-GLU	90	44	77
L-PRO	56	43	68