Harmonine, a defence compound from the harlequin ladybird, inhibits mycobacterial growth and demonstrates multi-stage antimalarial activity

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Röhrich, Christian Rene ^a   Ngwa, Che Julius ^c   Wiesner, Jochen ^a   Schmidtberg, Henrike ^a   Degenkolb, Thomas ^b   Kollewe, Christian ^a   Fischer, Rainer ^a   Pradel, Gabriele ^c   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Harmonia axyridis; Harmonine; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INHIBITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOSQUITO; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; COCCINELLIDAE; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEXAPODA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84860334229     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0760     Document Type: Article

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