Assessment of sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Mikania plants species for their potential efficacy against Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania sp.
Four sesquiterpene lactones, mikanolide, deoxymikanolide, dihydromikanolide and scandenolide, were isolated by a bioassay-guided fractionation of Mikania variifolia and Mikania micrantha dichloromethane extracts. Mikanolide and deoxymikanolide were the major compounds in both extracts (2.2% and 0.4%...
Main Authors: | Laura C Laurella, Natacha Cerny, Augusto E Bivona, Andrés Sánchez Alberti, Gustavo Giberti, Emilio L Malchiodi, Virginia S Martino, Cesar A Catalan, María Rosario Alonso, Silvia I Cazorla, Valeria P Sülsen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5629014?pdf=render |
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