Altenusin, a biphenyl isolated from the endophytic fungus Alternaria sp., inhibits trypanothione reductase from Trypanosoma cruzi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Cota, Betania Barros ^a   Rosa, Luiz Henrique ^b   Caligiorne, Rachel Basques ^a   Rabello, Ana Lúcia Teles ^a   Almeida Alves, Tânia Maria ^a   Rosa, Carlos Augusto ^c   Zani, Carlos Leomar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altenusin; Alternaria sp.; Endophytic fungus; Leishmania amazonensis; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanothione reductase

Indexed keywords

ALTENUSIN; ALTERNARIOL; ALTERNARIOL METHYL ESTER; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DRUG METABOLITE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALTERNARIA; ASTERACEAE; FUNGI; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MYCOTA; PROTOZOA; TRIXIS VAUTHIERI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 47349096734     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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