Antileishmanial activity of piceatannol isolated from Euphorbia lagascae seeds

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-457

  Duarte, Noélia ^a   Kayser, Oliver ^b   Abreu, Pedro ^c   Ferreira, Maria José Umbelino ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antiparasitics; Coumarins; Euphorbia lagascae; Leishmania; Phorbol diterpenes; Piceatannol; Stilbenes

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA LAGASCAE EXTRACT; METHANOL; PICEATANNOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA LAGASCAE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COUMARINS; EUPHORBIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; STILBENES;

EUPHORBIA LAGASCAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 42949100387     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2334     Document Type: Article

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