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ArticleNatural products and bioprospecting2018

Evaluation of Antimycobacterial Activity of Higenamine Using Galleria mellonella as an In Vivo Infection Model.

Paul Erasto, Justin Omolo, Richard Sunguruma, Joan J Munissi, Victor Wiketye, Charles de Konig, Atallah F Ahmed

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Article in Natural products and bioprospecting, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Paul ErastoNational Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 9653, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. paulkazyoba@yahoo.co.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-0911
Justin OmoloNational Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 9653, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Richard SungurumaNational Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 9653, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Joan J MunissiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Victor WiketyeNational Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 9653, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Charles de KonigSchool of Chemistry, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
Atallah F AhmedDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
National Institute for Medical Research · TZKing Saud University · SAUniversity of Dar es Salaam · TZUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

International Foundation for Science (SE) J/4894-2.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Phytochemical investigation on MeOH extract on the bark of Aristolochia brasiliensis Mart. & Zucc (Aristolochiaceae) led to the isolation of major compound (1) as light brown grainy crystals. The compound was identified as 1-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-6,7-diol (higenamine) on the basis of spectroscopic analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The compound was evaluated for its antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP), using Galleria mellonella larva as an in vivo infection model. The survival of MIP infected larvae after a single dose treatment of 100 mg/kg body weight of higenamine was 80% after 24 h. Quantitatively the compound exhibited a dose dependent activity, as evidenced by the reduction of colony density from 10

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Antimycobacterial activityAristolochia brasiliensisGalleria mellonellaHigenamineIsoniazidMycobacterium indicus pranii

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PMID29357092
PMCPMC5803147
OpenAlexW2790642584

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