Antiprotozoal Effect of Crude Extracts and Flavonoids Isolated from Chromolaena hirsuta (Asteraceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-254

  Taleb Continil, S H ^a   Salvador, M J ^a   Balanco, J M F ^a   Albuquerque, S ^a   De Oliveira, D C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chromolaena hirsuta; Eupatorieae; Flavonoids; Leishmania amazonensis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CHROMOLAENA HIRSUTA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA HIRSUTA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHROMOLAENA; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; LEISHMANIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ASTERACEAE; CHROMOLAENA; EUPATORIEAE; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 2342452534     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1431     Document Type: Article

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