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NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 151-169Publisher
SPRINGER SINGAPORE PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s13659-018-0165-y
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African medicinal plants; Leishmaniasis; Natural products; Parasitic diseases; Schistosomiasis; Trypanosomiasis
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- German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
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Parasitic diseases continue to 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. In each subparagraph, emphasis is laid on the compound subclasses with most promising in vitro and/or in vivo activities of plant extracts and isolated compounds. Suggestions for future drug development from African medicinal plants have also been provided. This review covering 167 references, including 82 compounds, provides information published within two decades (1997-2017). [GRAPHICS] .
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