Plumieride from Allamanda cathartica as an antidermatophytic agent

  • Phytother Res. 2002 Jun;16(4):393-4. doi: 10.1002/ptr.967.
T N Tiwari  1 ,  V B Pandey ,  N K Dubey
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
PMID: 12112301 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.967
Abstract

Plumieride has been isolated as an active principle of the leaves of Allamanda cathartica. It showed strong fungitoxicity against some dermatophytes causing dermatomycosis to Animals and human beings. It exhibited a noncytotoxic nature against a P(388) mouse leukaemia cell line.

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