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Anti-infective and cytotoxic compounds present in Blepharodon nitidum

  • José C. Aponte
  • , Yannick Estevez
  • , Robert H. Gilman
  • , Walter H. Lewis
  • , Rosario Rojas
  • , Michel Sauvain
  • , Abraham J. Vaisberg
  • , Gerald B. Hammond
  • University of Louisville
  • Université de Toulouse
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Washington University School of Medicine

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Abstract

A pharmacological screening of the ethanol extract and fractions of Blepharodon nitidum led to the isolation of fourteen compounds, two of which, 24-hydroperoxycycloart-25-en-3β-ol and 25-hydroperoxycycloart-23-en- 3β-ol, exhibited in vitro anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis and antileishmanial activities, as well as significant cytotoxic activity against a panel of human tumor cell lines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)407-410
Number of pages4
JournalPlanta medica
Volume74
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Anti-infective
  • Antileishmania
  • Asclepiadaceae
  • Blepharodon nitidum
  • Cytotoxic
  • Hydroperoxycycloartanes

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