Trypanocidal activity of marine natural products

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4058-4082

  Jones, Amy J ^a   Grkovic, Tanja ^a   Sykes, Melissa L ^a   Avery, Vicky M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Drug discovery; Human African trypanosomiasis; Marine natural products; Sleeping sickness

Indexed keywords

10 CARBOXY 11,12,13,14 TETRANOR PLAKORTIDE; 11,12 DIDEHYDRO 13 OXO PLAKORTIDE; 24 ETHYL CHOLEST 5SLPHA 7 EN 3 BETA OL; 3 INDOLEGLYCOLIC ACID; 4 HYDROXY 3 TETRAPRENYLPHENYLACETIC ACID; ACANTHIFOLIOSIDE E; ACANTHIFOLIOSIDE F METHYL ESTER; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMINO 1 (AMINOIMIDAZOYL)PROP 1 ENE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CONVOLUTAMINE I; HEPTAPRENYL 4 QUINOL; IOTROCHOTAMIDES A; MANADOPEROXIDES B; MANADOPEROXIDES C; MANADOPEROXIDES F; MANADOPEROXIDES G; MANADOPEROXIDES H; MANADOPEROXIDES I; MANADOPEROXIDES K; N ACETYL BETA OXOTRYPTAMINE; OPACALINE A; PANDAROSIDE G METHYL ESTER; PLAKORTIDE P; POLYKETIDE; SCEPTRIN; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TETROMYCIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IC 50; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; PARASITES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84887036259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11104058     Document Type: Review

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