Evaluation of trypanocidal activity from Calea uniflora (Heliantheae-Asteraceae) extracts

AUTOR(ES)

Nascimento, Andréa Mendes do, Oliveira, Dionéia C. R. de, Albuquerque, Sérgio

FONTE

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

Dichloromethane crude extract from xylopodium of Calea uniflora Less (Heliantheae-Asteraceae) showed in vitro trypanocidal activity against trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. The data obtained allow to conclude that the crude extract must be investigate to identify its active compounds.

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