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Iridoids: a new class of leishmanicidal agents from Nyctanthes arbortristis
J S Tandon1, V Srivastava, P Y Guru
1Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Journal of Natural Products
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Iridoid glucosides (arbortristosides A [I], B [2], C [3], and 6beta-hydroxy-loganin [4] isolated from the traditional plant Nyctanthes arbortristis show antileishmanial activity in both in vitro (against amastigotes in macrophage cultures) and in vivo (in hamsters) test systems.