Antiprotozoal activity of diospyrin towards Leishmania donovani promastigotes in vitro
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 81 (5) , 738-741
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(87)90013-7
Abstract
Diospyrin, a bis-naphthoquinone derivative, isolated from a plant, known for its antitumour properties against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in Swiss A mice, exhibits antiprotozoal activity towards L. donovani promastigotes in culture.Keywords
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