Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids against malaria: Evaluation of the curative potentials of dioncophylline C and dioncopeltine A against Plasmodium berghei in vivo

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2533-2539

  François, Guido ^a   Timperman, Georges ^a   Eling, Wijnand ^b   Aké Assi, Laurent ^c   Holenz, Jörg ^d   Bringmann, Gerhard ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Université d'Abidjan   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIONCOPELTINE A; DIONCOPHYLLINE A; NAPHTHYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSMOTIC PUMP; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0040299136     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2533     Document Type: Article

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