Leishmanicidal activity of Pycnoporus sanguineus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-499

  Correa, Edwin ^a   Cardona, Diana ^a   Quiñones, Winston ^a   Torres, Fernando ^a   Franco, Ana E ^a   Vélez, Ivan D ^a   Robledo, Sara ^a   Echeverri, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ergosterol endoperoxide; Leishmanicidal activity; Pycnoporus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ERGOSTEROL 5,8 ENDOPEROXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; LC 50; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYCNOPORUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ERGOSTEROL; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; POLYPORACEAE;

FUNGI; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 33745434925     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1890     Document Type: Article

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