Anti-infective and cytotoxic compounds present in Blepharodon nitidum

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-410

  Aponte, José C ^a   Estevez, Yannick ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c,d   Lewis, Walter H ^e   Rojas, Rosario ^d   Sauvain, Michel ^b   Vaisberg, Abraham J ^d   Hammond, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti infective; Antileishmania; Asclepiadaceae; Blepharodon nitidum; Cytotoxic; Hydroperoxycycloartanes

Indexed keywords

24 HYDROXYPEROXYCYCLOART 25 EN 3BETA OL; 25 HYDROXYPEROXYCYCLOART 23 EN 3BETA OL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; BLEPHARODON NITIDUM; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ASCLEPIADACEAE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

APOCYNACEAE; BLEPHARODON NITIDUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 42549130281     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034330     Document Type: Article

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