Antifungal and larvicidal cordiaquinones from the roots of Cordia curassavica

Phytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 613-617

  Ioset, Jean Robert ^a   Marston, Andrew ^a   Gupta, Mahabir P ^b   Hostettmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Ctr Pharmacognostic Res P   (Panama)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Boraginaceae; Cordia curassavica; Cordiaquinones; Larvicidal activity; Naphthoquinones

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORDIAQUINONE A; CORDIAQUINONE B; CORDIAQUINONE J; CORDIAQUINONE K; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAPHTHOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMISTRY; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT ROOT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BORAGINACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; CORDIA; CORDIA CURASSAVICA;

EID: 0034162492     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00604-4     Document Type: Article

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