Antipromastigote activity of the malabaricones of Myristica malabarica (Rampatri)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 592-595

  Sen, Rupashree ^a   Bauri, Ajay Kumar ^b   Chattopadhyay, Subrata ^b   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Malabaricone; Myristica malabarica; Rampatri

Indexed keywords

ETHER; MALABARICONE A; MALABARICONE B; MALABARICONE C; MALABARICONE D; MALABARICONE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; MYRISTICA MALABARICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYRISTICACEAE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; METHANOL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYRISTICACEAE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESORCINOLS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYRISTICA MALABARICA;

EID: 34250376340     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2115     Document Type: Article

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