Antitumor, antibiotic and antileishmanial properties of the Pyranonaphthoquinone Psychorubrin from Mitracarpus frigidus

Antitumor, antibiotic and antileishmanial properties of the Pyranonaphthoquinone Psychorubrin from Mitracarpus frigidus

The bioactivity guided fractionation of the dichloromethane extract of Mitracarpus frigidus afforded the pyranonaphthoquinone psychorubrin. This compound, hitherto unknown in the genus Mitracarpus, had its biological activity evaluated against one panel of bacteria and two fungi, three tumor cell li...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo L. Fabri, Richard M. Grazul, Lidiane O. de Carvalho, Elaine S. Coimbra, Gabriele M.M. Cardoso, Elaine M. de Souza-Fagundes, Adilson D. da Silva, Elita Scio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2012-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Mitracarpus frigidus
psicorubrina
piranonaftoquinona
Rubiaceae
psychorubrin
pyranonaphthoquinone
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