Potential antimalarial activity of indole alkaloids

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Frederich, Michel ^a   Tits, Monique ^a   Angenot, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodials; Indole alkaloids; Malaria; Natural products; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL DELTA CARBOLINE; 2 BROMONEOCRYPTOLEPINE; 2,7 DIBROMOCRYPTOLEPINE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; CRYPTOLEPINE; DIHYDROUSAMBARENSINE; EMETINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; INDOLOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ISONEOCRYPTOLEPINE; ISOSTRYCHNOPENTAMINE; LONGICAUDATINE; MACROCARPAMINE; MANZAMINE A; MANZAMINE B; MATOPENSINE; MMH 18; N METHYLISOCRYPTOLEPINIUM; NEOCRYPTOLEPINE; QUININE; TERGURIDE DERIVATIVE; THRYPTANTRINE; TUBULOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VILLALSTONINE; VOACAMINE;

ALSTONIA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IC 50; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; STRYCHNOS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 36549016560     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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