Anti-protozoal activity of aporphine and protoberberine alkaloids from Annickia kummeriae (Engl. & Diels) Setten & Maas (Annonaceae) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Malaria, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis have an overwhelming impact in the poorest countries in the world due to their prevalence, virulence and drug resistance ability.
Swaleh, S. M. +35 more
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Alkaloids of Marine Macroalgae [PDF]
Marine alkaloids have their origins from marine organisms including marine macroalgae. On the other hand, some marine algal alkaloids such as phenylethylamine derivatives were previously isolated from terrestrial plants.
Burak Coban +10 more
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A NEW ALKALOID ISOLATED FROM Tabernaemontana hystrix Steud. (Apocynaceae) AND THE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE ROOT BARK AGAINST HUMAN CERVICAL CANCER (HeLa) [PDF]
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world and the third most common in Brazilian women. The search for compounds with anticancer potential is important, since cancer is a public health problem, and some drugs may lead to side effects.
Thalya S. R. Nogueira +8 more
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Endophytic fungi comprise host-associated fungal communities which thrive within the tissues of host plants and produce a diverse range of secondary metabolites with various bioactive attributes.
Priyanka Jha +6 more
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Marine pyridoacridine, pyridoacridone and pyrroloacridine alkaloids
The families of pyridoacridine, pyridoacridone, and pyrroloacridine alkaloids are fascinating classes of natural products that have attracted the attention of chemists for over 80 years.
Cadelis, Melissa M, Copp, Brent R
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Polycitorols A and B, New Tricyclic Alkaloids from an Ascidian [PDF]
Two new tricyclic alkaloids, polycitorols A (1) and B (2) have been isolated along with the known lepadiformine (3) from a marine ascidian of the family Polycitoridae.
Setiawan, Andi +11 more
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Ephedra is one of the oldest known medicinal plants and the largest genera of the Ephedraceae family. In vivo antitumor evaluation of Ephedra foeminea revealed that ethyl acetate (EtOAc) was the most bioactive fraction.
Jilan A. Nazeam +3 more
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Strictosidine, the common precursor for monoterpenoid indole alkaloids with 3 α and 3 β configuration [PDF]
Recently we reported that strictosidine (l> is the key intermediate in the formation of the three classes (ASDidOf3DeIm5, Iboga, Corynanthe) of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids In Catharanthus roseus and a variety of other plant species in cell culture ...
Martina Rueffer +5 more
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Structures and Biological Activities of Alkaloids Produced by Mushrooms, a Fungal Subgroup
Alkaloids are a wide family of basic N-containing natural products, whose research has revealed bioactive compounds of pharmacological interest. Studies on these compounds have focused more attention on those produced by plants, although other types of ...
Jesús G. Zorrilla, Antonio Evidente
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The relationship of physico-chemical properties and structure to the differential antiplasmodial activity of the cinchona alkaloids. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The 8-amino and 9-hydroxy substituents of antimalarial cinchona alkaloids have the erythro orientation while their inactive 9-epimers are threo.
Meyer David J +14 more
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