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. 2006 Jun;20(6):497-9.
doi: 10.1002/ptr.1890.

Leishmanicidal activity of Pycnoporus sanguineus

Edwin Correa  1 , Diana Cardona, Winston Quiñones, Fernando Torres, Ana E Franco, Ivan D Vélez, Sara Robledo, Fernando Echeverri
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Leishmanicidal activity of Pycnoporus sanguineus

Edwin Correa et al. Phytother Res. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

In the search for antiparasite compounds from the Colombian flora, an active compound against Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis amastigotes was isolated from the fungi Pycnoporus sanguineus. The structural elucid-ation was achieved with spectroscopic methods ((1)H and (13)C NMR and MS). This compound was identified as ergosterol 5,8-endoperoxide.

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