Seasonal variation in the content of a febrifugine and isofebrifugine alkaloid mixture in aerial parts of Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa, with special reference to its antimalarial activity

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-216

  Ishih, Akira ^a   Miyase, Toshio ^b   Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Muregi, Francis W ^a   Terada, Mamoru ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Febrifugine and isofebrifugine mixture; Harvest time; Hot water extract; Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa; Plasmodium yoelii 17XL

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; FEBRIFUGINE; HOT WATER; HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA OTAKSA EXTRACT; ISOFEBRIFUGINE ALKALOID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRANGEA; HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA OTAKSA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM YOELII; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 49349114900     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-006-0124-5     Document Type: Article

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