Newantitrypanosomal tetranotriterpenoids from Azadirachta indica

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-213

  Githua, Mercy ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^b   Keriko, Joseph ^a   Murilla, Grace ^c   Ndungu, Mary ^a   Nyagah, Gathu ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Trypanosomiasis Research Center (TRC)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antitrypanosomal activity; Azadirachta indica; Limonoids; Meliaceae; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; MELARSAMINE; NIMBIN; NIMBOLIDE; TETRANOTRITERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIMONOID; MELAMINYLTHIOARSENATE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ARSENICALS; AZADIRACHTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIMONINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 79958846871     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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