| Literature DB >> 12069962 |
Jan Carlo Delorenzi1, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Cerli R Gattass, Deise de Andrade Costa, Liwen He, Martin E Kuehne, Elvira M B Saraiva.
Abstract
In previous studies, we demonstrated the leishmanicide effect of coronaridine, a natural indole alkaloid isolated from stem bark of Peschiera australis (Delorenzi et al., Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 45:1349-1354, 2001). In this study we show the leishmanicidal effect of the synthetic coronaridine and its racemic 18-methoxylated analog, 18-methoxycoronaridine. Both alkaloids revealed a potent leishmanicide effect against Leishmania amazonensis, a causative agent of cutaneous and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World. Despite their potent leishmanicide effect, both alkaloids were neither toxic to murine macrophages nor did they modulate their oxidative or cytokine production responses.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12069962 PMCID: PMC127312 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.7.2111-2115.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191