Antiprotozoal Activity of Quinonemethide Triterpenes from Maytenus ilicifolia (Celastraceae)

The present study describes the leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities of two quinonemethide triterpenes, maytenin (1) and pristimerin (2), isolated from Maytenus ilicifolia root barks (Celastraceae). The compounds were effective against the Trypanosomatidae Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania...

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Published in:Molecules
Main Authors: dos Santos, Vania A. F. F. M., Leite, Karoline M., da Costa Siqueira, Mariana, Regasini, Luis O., Martinez, Isabel, Nogueira, Camila T., Galuppo, Mariana Kolos, Stolf, Beatriz S., Pereira, Ana Maria Soares, Cicarelli, Regina M. B., Furlan, Maysa, Graminha, Marcia A. S.
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Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6270509/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23322069
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules18011053
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