Triterpenic Acids and Flavonoids from Satureja parvifolia. Evaluation of their Antiprotozoal Activity

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 189-192

  van Baren, Catalina ^a   Martino, Virginia ^a   Di Leo Lira, Paola ^a   Anao, Ivie ^b   Houghton, Peter ^b   Debenedetti, Silvia ^c   Croft, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal Compounds; Satureja parvifolia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; TRITERPENE; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SAVORY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROQUINE; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SATUREJA; TRITERPENES;

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SATUREJA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 33646539466     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-3-406     Document Type: Article

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