Aporphine alkaloids with antitubercular activity isolated from Ocotea discolor Kunth (Lauraceae)

• Published in: Revista colombiana de química Vol. 46; no. 3; p. 22
• Main Authors: Monica Constanza Avila Murillo, Lady Tatiana Albarracin Melo, Luis Enrique Cuca Suárez, Oscar Javier Patiño Ladino, Guzman Vasquez, Juan David, Mchugh, Thimothy, Begum, Neelu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Alkaloids; Discoloration; Mass spectra; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis disease causes thousands of deaths worldwide and, currently, the used drugs are either not enough or obsolete for its treatment. Therefore, new compounds that combat this disease are been seek. Thus, the antituberculosis activity of the alkaloids ocoxilonine (1), ocoteine (2), dicentrin...