Biological screening of Annonaceous Brazilian Medicinal Plants using Artemia salina (Brine Shrimp Test)
| Autor: | G.B. Pinto, Luiz G. F. e Silva, L.P. Santos Pimenta, Maria Amélia D. Boaventura, Jacqueline A. Takahashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Pharmacology
Biological Products Plants Medicinal biology Traditional medicine Plant Extracts Annonaceae Pharmaceutical Science Brine shrimp biology.organism_classification Complementary and alternative medicine Larva parasitic diseases Drug Discovery Botany Animals Molecular Medicine Artemia Artemia salina Medicinal plants Annona Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Phytomedicine. 10:209-212 |
| ISSN: | 0944-7113 |
| DOI: | 10.1078/094471103321659960 |
| Popis: | Eighteen different extracts from five Annona species collected in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, were submitted to the brine shrimp lethality test in order to detect potential sources of novel cytotoxic, antitumor, pesticidal and anti-Trypanosoma cruzi compounds. All of the Annonaceous species tested showed good larvicidal activity as compared to a reference compounds and literature data. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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