Antiprotozoal and cytotoxic naphthalene derivatives from Diospyros assimilis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1950-1956

  Ganapaty, S ^a   Steve Thomas, P ^a   Karagianis, Gloria ^b   Waterman, Peter G ^b   Brun, Reto ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal Naphthalene derivatives; Cytotoxicity; Diospyros assimilis; Ebenaceae; Naphthaldehydes; Naphthoquinones

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3,5 DIMETHOXY 2 NAPHTHALDEHYDE; 4 HYDROXY 5 METHOXY 2 NAPHTHALDEHYDE; 4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXY-2-NAPHTHALDEHYDE; 4-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-2-NAPHTHALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DIOSPYRIN; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PLUMBAGIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERSIMMON; PLANT ROOT; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DIOSPYROS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EBENACEAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33748644240     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.05.039     Document Type: Article

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