Correa Edwin, Cardona Diana, Quiñones Winston, Torres Fernando, Franco Ana E, Vélez Ivan D, Robledo Sara, Echeverri Fernando
Grupo de Química Orgánica de Productos Naturales-SIU, Universidad de Antioquia, P.O. Box 1226, Medellín-Colombia.
Phytother Res. 2006 Jun;20(6):497-9. doi: 10.1002/ptr.1890.
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.
