Effect of extracts and isolated compounds from Chresta scapigera on viability of Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi

Fractionation of bioactive crude extracts of Chresta scapigera led to the isolation of four triterpenes and five flavonoids, among them beta-amyrin acetate (1), 11alpha,12alpha-oxidetaraxeryl acetate (2) and lupeol (3), as well as the flavonoids apigenin (6), kaempferol (7), crysoeriol (8) and luteolin (9) were active against Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes-like stages, while only the flavonoids (6), (7) and (9) showed toxicity towards bloods trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Main Authors: Schinor,Elisandra Cristina, Salvador,Marcos José, Pral,Elisabeth Mieko Furusho, Alfieri,Silvia Celina, Albuquerque,Sérgio, Dias,Diones Aparecida
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Divisão de Biblioteca e Documentação do Conjunto das Químicas da Universidade de São Paulo 2007
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-93322007000200016
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