DICHLOROACETATE COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN TREATING A DISEASE CAUSED BY A GLYCOLYTIC PARASITE

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutically acceptable dichloroacetate compound selected from a salt of dichloroacetic acid, an ester of dichloroacetic acid with a C1-C6 alkanol, C1-C6 acyloxy-methanol or C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyloxy-methanol and mixtures thereof for use in a method for treating a disease caused by a glycolytic parasite in a mammal. The compound inhibits parasite growth while growth of host cells is not inhibited or less inhibited.