Antiprotozoal activity of Betulinic acid derivatives

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-382

  Dominguez Carmona D B ^a   Escalante Erosa, F ^a   Garcia Sosa K ^a   Ruiz Pinell, G ^b   Gutierrez Yapu, D ^b   Chan Bacab, M J ^c   Gimenez Turba A ^b   Pena Rodriguez L M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Betulinic acid; Leishmanicidal; Pentalinon andriexii; Trypanocidal

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; BETULINIC ACID ACETATE; BETULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRITERPENES; TRYPANOSOMA;

APOCYNACEAE; PENTALINON;

EID: 77049100021     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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