Isolation of flavins from the Amazonian shrub Faramea guianesis

M Sauvain; J P Dedet; N Kunesch; J Poisson

doi:10.1021/np50105a014

Isolation of flavins from the Amazonian shrub Faramea guianesis

J Nat Prod. 1994 Mar;57(3):403-6. doi: 10.1021/np50105a014.

Authors

M Sauvain¹, J P Dedet, N Kunesch, J Poisson

Affiliation

¹ Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), La Paz, Bolivia.

PMID: 8201315
DOI: 10.1021/np50105a014

Abstract

In the pursuit of new leishmanicidal natural products, 5,7,4'-trihydroxyflavan [1] and the new product, 5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavan [2], were isolated from the Guianian medicinal plant Faramea guianensis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology
Flavins / isolation & purification*
Flavins / pharmacology
Guyana
Leishmania / drug effects
Leishmaniasis / drug therapy
Macrophages / drug effects
Macrophages / parasitology
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents
Flavins