申请人:Stella Leonard
公开号:US20070232588A1
公开(公告)日:2007-10-04
Voacamine and its natural and synthetic derivatives such as 16′-decarbometheoxyvoacamine, N
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-demethylvoacamine, voacamidine, tabernamine, ervahamine A, vobasine and coronaridine are useful as anti-microbial, anti-parasitic and anti-viral agents. A basic extract of the tertiary alkaloids present in plants of the genus
Peschiera
or
Voacanga
, especially
Peschiera fuchsiaefolia
can be isolated and used directly as such an agent.