Pumilanol, an antiprotozoal isoflavanol from Tephrosia pumila

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-178

  Ganapaty, Seru ^a   Pannakal, Steve T ^a,b   Srilakshmi, Guttula V K ^a   Lakshmi, Pethakamsetty ^a   Waterman, Peter G ^c   Brun, Reto ^d  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Maharajah's College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal assay; Cytotoxicity; Fabaceae; Isoflavanol; Pumilanol; Tephrosia pumila

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; LUPEOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTON; PUMILANOL; ROTENONE; STIGMASTEROL; TEPHRINONE; TEPHROSIA PUMILA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; IC 50; INDIA; LEGUME; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA PUMILA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

FABACEAE; RATTUS; TEPHROSIA PUMILA;

EID: 57049109273     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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