Steroidal saponins from the plant Agave brittoniana with activity against the parasite Trichomona vaginalis;Saponinas esteroidales de la planta Agave brittoniana (Agavaceae) con actividad contra el parásito Trichomona vaginalis

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1645-1652

  Guerra, José Orestes ^a   Meneses, Alfredo ^a,d   Simonet, Ana María ^b   Macías, Francisco Antonio ^b   Nogueiras, Clara ^c   Gómez, Alicia ^d   Escario, José A ^d  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c Universidad de La   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agave brittoniana; Anti parasitic; Steroidal saponins; Trichomona vaginalis

Indexed keywords

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN;

AGAVE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AGAVE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAPONINS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 70350010358     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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