Tuberculosis: A search for novel therapy starting with natural products

Medicinal Research Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-374

  Mitscher, Lester A ^a   Baker, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Novel antitubercular natural products; Synthesis and in vitro and in vivo evaluation of analogs; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; BERBERINE; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFIBRATE; CYCLOSERINE; ERYGIBISOFLAVONE; ERYTHRABYSSIN II; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; LICHOISOFLAVONE; OFLOXACIN; PA 505; PHASEOLIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TRYPTANTHRIN; TRYPTANTHRIN DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031734041     PISSN: 01986325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1128(199811)18:6<363::AID-MED1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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