| Literature DB >> 9705008 |
F Freiburghaus1, A Steck, H Pfander, R Brun.
Abstract
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the dichloromethane rootbark extract of Entada abyssinica (Leguminosae), a plant used by traditional healers in Uganda for the treatment of sleeping sickness, led to the isolation of a diastereoisomer of the clerodane type diterpene kolavenol. This is the first report on this compound. It showed a trypanocidal activity with an IC50 value of 2.5 microg/ml (8.6 microM) against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the causing agent of the acute form of human African trypanosomiasis.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9705008 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00035-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ethnopharmacol ISSN: 0378-8741 Impact factor: 4.360