Inhibition of cruzain by triterpenoids isolated from a Salacia species from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1083-1084

  Agius, Brittany R ^a   Vogler, Bernhard ^a   Stokes, Sean L ^a   Setzer, William N ^a   Caffrey, Conor R ^b   Hansell, Elizabeth ^b   McKerrow, James H ^b  

^a University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Cruzain; Friedelane triterpenoids; Salacia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954306142     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201105     Document Type: Article

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