Leishmaniasis
Plant-Derived Compound Shows Promise
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 24th, 1999
The simple structure of 2',6'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxychalcone (DMC) may enable it to serve as a new lead compound for the synthesis of novel antileishmanial drugs, reported Eduardo Caio Torres-Santos of Brazil's Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and colleagues.
Torres-Santos et al. purified DMC from the dichloromethane extract of Piper aduncum (Piperaceae) inflorescences and described the selective effects of the active chalcone against Leishmania amazonensis (Piper aduncum on Leishmania...
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