Activity against Plasmodium falciparum of lactones isolated from the endophytic fungus Xylaria sp.

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 700-703

  Jiménez Romero, Carlos ^a   Ortega Barría, Eduardo ^b   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^c   Cubilla Rios, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b Secretariat of Science and Technology   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Endophytic fungus; Phomalactone; Plasmodium falciparum; Xylaria sp.

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMELLEIN; 6 (1 PROPENYL) 3,4,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 5 HYDROXY 4H PYRAN 2 ONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PHOMALACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERO CELL; XYLARIA; XYLARIALES;

FUNGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; XYLARIA; XYLARIACEAE;

EID: 57649179661     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802215859     Document Type: Article

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