RESEARCH ARTICLE
Bioactive Alkaloids from South American Psychotria and Related Species
Diogo D. Porto1, Amélia T. Henriques2, Arthur G. Fett-Neto1, 3, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 2
First Page: 29
Last Page: 36
Publisher Id: TOBCJ-2-29
DOI: 10.2174/1874847300902010029
Article History:
Received Date: 3/5/2009Revision Received Date: 15/5/2009
Acceptance Date: 20/5/2009
Electronic publication date: 15 /9/2009
Collection year: 2011
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Abstract
Many important molecules have been discovered from tropical and sub-tropical plant biodiversity. However, the largest part of the chemical profile of such biodiversity remains unknown. Combining ethnopharmacological and chemotaxonomical investigation can be a good strategy in bioactive compound discovery. South American Psychotria species studied by this approach proved to be a rich source of new bioactive alkaloids, some of which bear unique chemical skeletons.