The antiprotozoal activity of methylated flavonoids from Ageratum conyzoides L

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-130

  Nour, Amal M M ^a   Khalid, Sami A ^b   Kaiser, Marcel ^c   Brun, Reto ^c   Abdalla, Wai'l E ^d   Schmidt, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae); Antiprotozoal activity; Chromene; Flavonoid; Leishmania; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

5' METHOXYNOBILETINE; 5,6,7,3',4',5' HEXAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,6,7,5' TETRAMETHOXY 3',4' METHYLENEDIOXYFLAVONE; AGECONYFLAVONE C; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; BENZNIDAZOLE; CHLOROQUINE; CHROMENE DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ENCECALOL METHYL ETHER; EUPALESTIN; FLAVONOID; MELARSOPROL; MILTEFOSINE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CYTOTOXIN;

AGERATUM; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MYOBLAST; PLANT; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

AGERATUM; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CYTOTOXINS; FLAVONOIDS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYOBLASTS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ASTERACEAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77951978353     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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