In vitro inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum by substances isolated from Amazonian antimalarial plants

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-365

  De Andrade Neto, Valter F ^a   Pohlit, Adrian M ^b   Pinto, Ana Cristina S ^b,d   Silva, Ellen Cristina C ^b,d   Nogueira, Karla L ^b,e   Melo, Márcia R S ^b,c   Henrique, Marycleuma C ^b,d   Amorim, Rodrigo C N ^b,d   Silva, Luis Francisco R ^c   Costa, Mônica R F ^c   Nunomura, Rita C S ^b   Nunomura, Sergio M ^b   Alecrim, Wilson D ^c   Alecrim, M Das Graças C ^c,f   Chaves, F Célio M ^g   Vieira, Pedro Paulo R ^c,h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^g EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^h Universidade Estadual do Amazonas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

4 nerolidylcatechol; Aspidocarpine; Aspidosperma spp.; Ellipticine; Neosergeolide; Picrolemma sprucei; Pothomorphe peltata

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA DESMANTHUM; LEPIANTHES PELTATA; PICROLEMMA; PIPERACEAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SIMAROUBACEAE;

EID: 34249888793     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762007000300016     Document Type: Article

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