Table 3.
Examples of the prenylquinone content in pathogenic protozoa. Table indicates in grey squares examples of previously characterized prenylquinones from pathogenic protozoa. White squares indicate still not characterized prenylquinones. All the prenylquinones are discussed in this review [64,72,135,136,137,138,139,140,141].
| Organism | Parasitic Stage | UQ-8 | UQ-9 | UQ-10 | ChQ | TpQ | MQ-4 | PK | α-TC, γ-TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. amazonensis | amastigote | ||||||||
| promastigote | |||||||||
| L. donovani | promastigote | ||||||||
| L. major | promastigote | ||||||||
| L. mexicana | amastigote | ||||||||
| promastigote | |||||||||
| T. cruzi | epimastigote | ||||||||
| T. brucei | procyclic | ||||||||
| P. falciparum | intraerythrocytic | ||||||||
| G. lambia | trophozoite | ||||||||
| E. histolytica | trophozoite | ||||||||
| Trichomonas foetus | - |