Antimalarial flavonol glycosides from Euphorbia hirta

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-281

  Liu, Y ^a   Murakami, N ^b   Ji, H ^a   Abreu, Pedro ^c   Zhang, S ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Afzelin; Antimalarial; Cytotoxicity; Euphorbia hirta; Myricitrin; Quercitrin

Indexed keywords

AFSELIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; MYRICETIN 3 RHAMNOSIDE; QUERCITRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; EUPHORBIACEAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34347383180     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701214748     Document Type: Article

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