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Antiprotozoal activities of Colombian plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2001
In our search for therapeutical alternatives for antiprotozoal chemotherapy, we collected a selection of 44 plants from western Colombia upon ethnopharmacological and chemotaxonomic considerations. Polar and apolar extracts of these species were examined for antimalarial activity using in vitro tests with two clones of Plasmodium falciparum ...
Weniger, B., Robledo, S., Arango, G.J., /Deharo, Eric, Aragon, R., Munoz, V., Callapa, J., Lobstein, A., Anton, R.   +8 more
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Correlation between secondary metabolites of Iris confusa Sealy and Iris pseudacorus L. and their newly explored antiprotozoal potentials

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2023
Background In the last few decades, the use of plant extracts and their phytochemicals as candidates for the management of parasitic diseases has increased tremendously.
Passent M. Abdel-Baki, Moshera M. El-Sherei, Amal E. Khaleel, Essam Abdel-Sattar, Mohamed A. Salem, Mona M. Okba   +5 more
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Chemical Strategies towards the Synthesis of Betulinic Acid and Its More Potent Antiprotozoal Analogues

Molecules, 2021
Betulinic acid (BA, 3β-hydroxy-lup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid) is a pentacyclic triterpene acid present predominantly in Betula ssp. (Betulaceae) and is also widely spread in many species belonging to different plant families.
André Barreto Cunha, Ronan Batista, María Ángeles Castro, Jorge Mauricio David   +3 more
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Machine Learning Analysis of Essential Oils from Cuban Plants: Potential Activity against Protozoa Parasites

Molecules, 2022
Essential oils (EOs) are a mixture of chemical compounds with a long history of use in food, cosmetics, perfumes, agricultural and pharmaceuticals industries.
Renata Priscila Barros de Menezes, Luciana Scotti, Marcus Tullius Scotti, Jesús García, Rosalia González, Lianet Monzote, William N. Setzer   +6 more
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Antiprotozoal Activities of Millettia richardiana (Fabaceae) from Madagascar

Molecules, 2014
With at least 60% of the Millettia species (Fabaceae) being in medicinal use, we found it relevant to assess the potential antiprotozoal and antifungal activities of Millettia richardiana.
Manitriniaina Rajemiarimiraho, Jean-Théophile Banzouzi, Marie-Laure Nicolau-Travers, Suzanne Ramos, Zakaria Cheikh-Ali, Christian Bories, Olga L. Rakotonandrasana, Stéphane Rakotonandrasana, Philippe Antoine Andrianary, Françoise Benoit-Vical   +9 more
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1,2-Substituted 4-(1H)-Quinolones: Synthesis, Antimalarial and Antitrypanosomal Activities in Vitro

Molecules, 2014
A diverse array of 4-(1H)-quinolone derivatives bearing substituents at positions 1 and 2 were synthesized and evaluated for antiprotozoal activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, and cytotoxicity against L-6 cells in ...
Abraham Wube, Antje Hüfner, Werner Seebacher, Marcel Kaiser, Reto Brun, Rudolf Bauer, Franz Bucar   +6 more
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Phytochemical and antiprotozoal activity of Ocotea lancifolia

Fitoterapia, 2007
Thirteen known isoquinoline alkaloids were isolated from Ocotea lancifolia, popularly known as > in Brasil and > by the Guarani people which means smell laurel. Their activities against the promastigote forms of three Leishmania strains and the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma cruzi were evaluated, as well as their hepatocytotoxicity.
/Fournet, Alain, Ferreira, M.E., Rojas de Arias, A., Guy, I., Guinaudeau, H., Heinzen, H.   +5 more
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Activity of Cuban Propolis Extracts on and

Natural Product Communications, 2011
In this paper we analyzed the antiprotozoal effects of eighteen Cuban propolis extracts (brown, red and yellow type) collected in different geographic areas, using Leishmania amazonensis (as a model of intracellular protozoa) and Trichomonas vaginalis ...
Lianet Monzote Fidalgo, Idalia Sariego Ramos, Marley García Parra, Osmany Cuesta-Rubio, Ingrid Márquez Hernández, Mercedes Campo Fernández, Anna Lisa Piccinelli, Luca Rastrelli   +7 more
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Furanocoumarins from Ruta chalepensis with Amebicide Activity

Molecules, 2021
Entamoeba histolytica (protozoan; family Endomoebidae) is the cause of amoebiasis, a disease related to high morbidity and mortality. Nowadays, this illness is considered a significant public health issue in developing countries.
Aldo Fabio Bazaldúa-Rodríguez, Ramiro Quintanilla-Licea, María Julia Verde-Star, Magda Elizabeth Hernández-García, Javier Vargas-Villarreal, Jesús Norberto Garza-González   +5 more
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New Benzoxazole Derivatives as Antiprotozoal Agents: In Silico Studies, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation

Journal of Chemistry, 2021
Background. Benzoxazole derivatives have different biological activities. In pursuit of designing novel chemical entities with antiprotozoal and antimicrobial activities, benzoxazolyl aniline was utilized as a privileged scaffold of a series of (3 ...
Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Mohammad M. Al-Sanea, Mohamed A. Zaki, Enas I. A. Mohamed, Shabana I. Khan, Babu L. Tekwani, Amar G Chittiboyina, Ikhlas A Khan, Tarfah Al-Warhi, Nada Aljaeed, Ohoud J. Alotaibi, Abdulsalam A. M. Alkhaldi, Heba A. H. Elshemy   +12 more
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