Anti-leishmanial activity of betulin derivatives

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-126

  Alakurtti, Sami ^a,b   Bergström, Pia ^b   Sacerdoti Sierra, Nina ^c   Jaffe, Charles L ^c   Yli Kauhaluoma, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal agents; Betulin; Betulinic acid; Leishmania sp.; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

28 O (N ACETYLANTHRANILOYL)BETULIN; 28 O ACETYL 3 OXOBETULIN; 28 O BROMOACETYLBETULIN; 28 O CHRYSANTHEMOYLBETULIN; 28 O CINNAMOYLBETULIN; 28 O NICOTINOYLBETULIN; 28 O TETRAHYDROPYRANYLBETULIN; 3 O ACETYLBETULIN; 3,28 DI O ACETYLBETULIN; 3,28 DI O LEVULINOYLBETULIN; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; BETULINYL 28 O CARBOXYMETHOXYCARVACROLATE; BETULONIC ACID; BETULONIC ACID ASPARTYLAMIDE; BETULONIC ALDEHYDE; DIHYDROBETULONIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHYLBETULONATE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLYLBETULONATE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTILEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OLEANOLIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRITERPENES;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 77950207193     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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