Plasmodium falciparum: In vitro interaction of quassin and neo-quassin with artesunate, a hemisuccinate derivative of artemisinin

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Mishra, Kirti ^a   Chakraborty, Dipjyoti ^b,c   Pal, Amita ^b   Dey, Nrisingha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Drug interaction; Neo quassin; Plasmodium falciparum; Quassin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARTESUNATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROQUINE; METHANOL; NEOQUASSIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUASSIA AMARA EXTRACT; QUASSIN; QUASSINOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASSIA AMARA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIVER; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUASSIA; QUASSINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ARTESUNATE; MUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUASSIA AMARA; SIMAROUBACEAE;

EID: 76849107504     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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