Antifungal, antiprotozoal, cytotoxic and piscicidal properties of justicidin B and a new arylnaphthalide lignan from Phyllanthus piscatorum

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 420-424

  Gertsch, Jürg ^a   Thöni Tobler, Rebekka ^a   Brun, Reto ^b   Sticher, Otto ^a   Heilmann, Jörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Candida albicans; Euphorbiaceae; Fish poison; Justicidin B; Lignan; Phyllanthus piscatorum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; JUSTICIDIN B; LIGNAN; PHYLLANTHUS PISCATORUM EXTRACT; PISCATORIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POISON; ROTENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS PISCATORUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIOXOLANES; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIGNANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DANIO RERIO; DIPODASCUS; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0038095427     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39706     Document Type: Article

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