Natural Compounds from Mexican Medicinal Plants as Potential Drug Leads for Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs

ABSTRACT In Mexican Traditional Medicine 187 plant species are used in the treatment of respiratory conditions that may be associated with tuberculosis. In this contribution, we review the ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of 63 species whose extracts have been assayed for antimycobacterial ac...

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Main Authors: ROCIO GÓMEZ-CANSINO, SILVIA LAURA GUZMÁN-GUTIÉRREZ, MARÍA GUADALUPE CAMPOS-LARA, CLARA INES ESPITIA-PINZÓN, RICARDO REYES-CHILPA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017005002103&lng=en&tlng=en