Additional antiprotozoal constituents from Cuphea pinetorum, a plant used in Mayan traditional medicine to treat diarrhoea

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 725-727

  Calzada, Fernando ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal activity; Cuphea pinetorum; Entamoeba histolytica; Flavonoids; Giardia lamblia; Kaempferol

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN 7 O ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; APIGENIN 7 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; CUPHEA PINETORUM EXTRACT; EMETINE; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN 7 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 O ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPHEA; DIARRHEA; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CUPHEA; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL;

CUPHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 26444594266     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1717     Document Type: Article

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