P-values of 0.05 or less were considered statistically significant. Acknowledgements This Kinase Inhibitor Library in vitro study at the Universidade Federal de Goiás was supported by grants from the Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), and by the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm, Sweden, through a grant to M.P.. B.R.S.N.
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