Antischistosomal activities of sesquiterpene lactones and steroid glucosides from Vernonia amygdalina, possibly used by wild chimpanzees against parasite-related diseases

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1992 May;56(5):845-6. doi: 10.1271/bbb.56.845.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Glucosides / pharmacology
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Parasitic Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Schistosoma japonicum / drug effects
  • Schistosomiasis japonica / drug therapy
  • Schistosomicides / pharmacology*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Steroids / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Glucosides
  • Lactones
  • Plant Extracts
  • Schistosomicides
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Steroids