title: Natural products and Chagas' disease: a review of plant compounds studied for activity against Trypanosoma cruzi.
abstract: Here, we review studies that have investigated the activity of plant-derived compounds against Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas’ disease. In the last decade, more than 300 species belonging to almost 100 families have been evaluated for activity, and here we describe the compounds isolated; 85 references are cited.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid s/n, 86051-990, Londrina-PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Tânia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda-Nakamura
authors.forename: Benedito Prado
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Dias Filho
authors.forename: Valdir Florêncio
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Veiga Júnior
authors.forename: Celso Vataru
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products