Leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activity of extracts and secondary metabolites from basidiomycetes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Inchausti, Alba ^a   Yaluff, Gloria ^a   De Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^a   Torres, Susana ^a   Ferreira, Maria Elena ^a   Nakayama, Hector ^a   Schinini, Alicia ^a   Lorenzen, Kirsten ^b   Anke, Timm ^b   Fournet, Alain ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^b France   (Germany)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Basidiomycetes; Diterpene; Leishmania; Sesquiterpene; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALEURODISCAL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PENTAMIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ISOLATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LEISHMANIA; MALE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PROMASTIGOTE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 8244255010     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199705)11:3<193::AID-PTR68>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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