Leishmanicidal and antitumoral activities of endophytic fungi associated with the Antarctic angiosperms Deschampsia antarctica Desv. and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl.

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-103

  Santiago, Iara F ^a   Alves, Tânia M A ^b   Rabello, Ana ^b   Junior, Policarpo A Sales ^b   Romanha, Alvaro J ^b   Zani, Carlos L ^b   Rosa, Carlos A ^a   Rosa, Luiz H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Antitumoral activities; Bioprospecting; Leishmania; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IC 50; LEISHMANIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA; NEOPLASMS; POACEAE;

ALTERNARIA; ANTARCTOMYCES; CADOPHORA; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DAVIDIELLA; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; FUNGI; HELGARDIA; HERPOTRICHIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MICRODOCHIUM; MICRODOCHIUM PHRAGMITIS; OCULIMACULA; PHAEOSPHAERIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA HERPOTRICHOIDES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84155188960     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0409-9     Document Type: Article

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