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Comparative Study
. 2004 Dec;95(2-3):455-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.06.031.

Antimalarial activity of lactucin and lactucopicrin: sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Cichorium intybus L

Theodore A Bischoff  1 , Charles J Kelley, Yvette Karchesy, Maria Laurantos, Phuc Nguyen-Dinh, Abdul Ghafoor Arefi
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Comparative Study

Antimalarial activity of lactucin and lactucopicrin: sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Cichorium intybus L

Theodore A Bischoff et al. J Ethnopharmacol. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Folklore reports from Afghanistan prior to the wars described the use of aqueous root extracts of Cichorium intybus (L.) as a light-sensitive plant remedy for malaria. Preparative isolation and bioassay against HB3 clone of strain Honduras-1 of Plasmodium falciparum identified the previously known light-sensitive sesquiterpene lactones Lactucin and Lactucopicrin to be antimalarial compounds.

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