Antimicrobial, antiparasitic and cytotoxic spermine alkaloids from Albizia schimperiana

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Samoylenko, Volodymyr ^a   Jacob, Melissa R ^a   Khan, Shabana I ^a   Zhao, Jianping ^a   Tekwani, Babu L ^a,b   Midiwo, Jacob O ^c   Walker, Larry A ^a,b   Muhammada, Ilias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Albizia schimperiana; Alkaloids; Antileishmanial; Antimalarial; Antimicrobial; Budmunchiamines; Cytotoxic; Spermine

Indexed keywords

5 NORMETHYLBUDMUNCHIAMINE K; 5,14 DIMETHYLBUDMUNCHIAMINE; 5,14 DIMETHYLBUDMUNCHIAMINE L1; 6 HYDROXY 5 NORMETHYLBUDMUNCHIAMINE K; 6 HYDROXYBUDMUNCHIAMINE K; ALBIZIA SCHIMPERIANA EXTRACT; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXORUBICIN; PENTAMIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; SPERMINE;

ALBIZIA SCHIMPERIANA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOASSAY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; VERO CELL; ALBIZZIA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALBIZIA SCHIMPERIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALBIZZIA; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPERMINE;

EID: 69849087072     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400611     Document Type: Article

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