Goniothalamus scortechinii, Andrographis paniculata and Aralidium pinnatifidum were selected for the study based on their ethnomedicinal values. They were screened for anti-malarial activity towards Plasmodium falciparum in vitro using the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay. The crude extract of G.
Chemical investigation of the CH(2)Cl(2)/CH(3)OH extracts from aerial parts of the Australian plant Goniothalamus australis has resulted in the isolation of two pyridocoumarin alkaloids, goniothalines A (1) and B (2) as well as eight known natural products, aristolactam AII (3), enterocarpam II (4),
Malaria, a devastating infectious disease which was initially recognized as episodic fever, is caused by parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium. Medicinal plants with ethnobotanical information to treat fever and/or malaria has been the key element in identifying potential plant
A new 2H-tetrahydropyran derivative, 6-epi-goniothalesdiol A (1), together with nine known styryllactones (2-10) and five known aristolactams (11-15) were isolated from the bark of Goniothalamus elegants Ast. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The isolated compounds were
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