Biological activities of the plant-derived bisindole voacamine with reference to malaria

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-33

  Ramanitrahasimbola, D ^a   Rasoanaivo, P ^a   Ratsimamanga Urverg, S ^a   Federici, E ^b   Palazzino, G ^b   Galeffi, C ^c   Nicoletti, M ^c  

^a Inst Malgache de Rech Appl   (Madagascar)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial activity; Bisindole alkaloids; Drug combination; Voacamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MALAGASHANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOACAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; IBOGAINE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035122614     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1573(200102)15:1<30::AID-PTR680>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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