Anthranoid compounds with antiprotozoal activity from Vismia orientalis

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 706-710

  Mbwambo, Zakaria H ^a   Apers, Sandra ^b   Moshi, Mainen J ^a   Kapingu, Modest C ^a   Van Miert, Sabine ^b   Claeys, Magda ^b   Brun, Reto ^c   Cos, Paul ^b   Pieters, Luc ^b   Vlietinck, Arnold ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 geranyloxy 6 methyl 1,8 dihydroxyanthraquinone; Bianthrone A1; Clusiaceae; Emodin; Guttiferae; Leishmania; Plasmodium falciparum; Trypanosoma; Vismia orientalis; Vismione D

Indexed keywords

3 GERANYLOXY 6 METHYL 1,8 DIHYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; ALCOHOL; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BIANTHRONE A1; EMODIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMIA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; VISMIONE D;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; VISMIA ORIENTALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; CLUSIACEAE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYOBLASTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VIRUSES;

ANIMALIA; CLUSIACEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VISMIA;

EID: 4444250471     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-827199     Document Type: Article

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