Antimalarial natural products drug discovery in Panama

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Calderón, Angela I ^a   Simithy Williams, Johayra ^a   Gupta, Mahabir P ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Antimalarial compounds; in vitro screening; Panamanian flora

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYBENZOISOCHROMANQUINONE; 2' ACETYLGLAUCARUBINONE; 3 ACETOXY 4',5,7 TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE; AILANTHONE; ANDIRNERMAL A; ANDIRNERMAL C; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTISPOROZOAL AGENT; BENZO[G]ISOQUINOLINE 5,10 DIONE; BOURRERIA SPATHULATA EXTRACT; BUDMUNCHIAMINE L4; BUDMUNCHIAMINE L5; CALYCOSIN; CLEMATIS CAMPESTRIS EXTRACT; CORNUTIN C; GALLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GALLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; GENISTEIN; GLAUCARUBINONE; HOLACANTHONE; MONOCHAETUM MYRTOIDEUM EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM EXTRACT; SIPANDINOLIDE; TALISIA NERVOSA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA TRIFLORA EXTRACT; TOPOBEA PARASITICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; BOURRERIA SPATHULATA; CLEMATIS CAMPESTRIS; COLORIMETRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICROFLUOROMETRY; MONOCHAETUM MYRTOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM; REVIEW; TALISIA NERVOSA; TERMINALIA TRIFLORA; TOPOBEA PARASITICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PANAMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

AJUGA REPTANS; BORAGINACEAE; BOURRERIA; CLEMATIS; COMBRETACEAE; KUNA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MONOCHAETUM; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM; RANUNCULACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; TALISIA NERVOSA; TEREBRANTIA; TERMINALIA TRIFLORA; TOPOBEA;

EID: 84555190276     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.602417     Document Type: Review

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