Structure-activity studies: In vitro antileishmanial and antimalarial activities of anthraquinones from morinda lucida.
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1999
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Planta Medica
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Anthraquinones have been isolated by bioassay guided fractionation from Morinda lucida. Structure-activity studies show that an aldehyde group at C-2 and a phenolic hydroxy group at C-3 enhance the activity of the anthraquinones against the growth of Plastnodium falciparum and promastigotes of Leishmania major in vitro.
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Sittie, A. A., Lemmich, E., Olsen, C. E., Hviid, L., Kharazmi, A., Nkrumah, F. K., & Christensen, S. B. (1999). Structure-activity studies: In vitro antileishmanial and antimalarial activities of anthraquinones from morinda lucida. Planta Medica, 65(3), 259-261.