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: Received: 30 January 2018 / Approved: 31 January 2018 / Online: 31 January 2018 (05:28:15 CET)
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Simoben, C.V.; Ntie-Kang, F.; Akone, S.H.; Sippl, W. Compounds from African Medicinal Plants with Activities against Protozoal Diseases: Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. Preprints2018, 2018010292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201801.0292.v1
Simoben, C.V.; Ntie-Kang, F.; Akone, S.H.; Sippl, W. Compounds from African Medicinal Plants with Activities against Protozoal Diseases: Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. Preprints 2018, 2018010292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201801.0292.v1
Simoben, C.V.; Ntie-Kang, F.; Akone, S.H.; Sippl, W. Compounds from African Medicinal Plants with Activities against Protozoal Diseases: Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. Preprints2018, 2018010292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201801.0292.v1
APA Style
Simoben, C.V., Ntie-Kang, F., Akone, S.H., & Sippl, W. (2018). Compounds from African Medicinal Plants with Activities against Protozoal Diseases: Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201801.0292.v1
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Simoben, C.V., Sergi H. Akone and Wolfgang Sippl. 2018 "Compounds from African Medicinal Plants with Activities against Protozoal Diseases: Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201801.0292.v1
Abstract
Parasitic diseases continue represent a threat on a global scale, particularly among the poorest countries in the world. This is particularly because of the absence of vaccines, and in some cases, resistance against available drugs, currently being used for their treatment. In this review emphasis is laid on natural products and scaffolds from African medicinal plants (AMPs) for lead drug discovery and possible further development of drugs for the treatment of parasitic diseases. In the discussion, emphasis has been laid on alkaloids, terpenoids, quinones, flavonoids and narrower compound classes of compounds with micromolar range activities against Schistosoma, Trypanosoma and Leishmania species. Suggestions for future drug development from African medicinal plants have also been provided.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Medicinal Chemistry
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