Diterpenoids from Azorella compacta (Umbelliferae) Active on Trypanosoma cruzi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Araya, Jorge E ^a   Neira, Iván ^a   Da Silva, Solange ^b   Mortara, Renato A ^b   Manque, Patricio ^a   Cordero, Esteban ^a   Sagua, Hernán ^a   Loyola, Alberto ^a   Bórquez, Jorge ^a   Morales, Glauco ^a   González, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azorella compacta; Chemotherapy; Confocal microscopy; Diterpenoids; Intracellular amastigotes; Lysis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AZORELLA COMPACTA EXTRACT; AZORELLANOL; DITERPENOID; MOLECULAR MARKER; MULIN 11,3 DIEN 20 OIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; DITERPENE;

ACCURACY; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; AZORELLA COMPACTA; CELL LINE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EVALUATION; IC 50; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; BRYOPSIDA; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50;

APIACEAE; AZORELLA; AZORELLA COMPACTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BRYOPSIDA; CELLS, CULTURED; DITERPENES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0043239187     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000300022     Document Type: Article

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