Publications

evaluation of selected tropical seaweeds for in vitro anti-trichomonal activity.	human parasitic infections are a serious problem in tropical and sub-tropical developing countries. trichomoniasis, responsible for the annual infection of 180 million people, is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan trichomonas vaginalis. traditionally seaweeds have been used in folk medicine by coastal people in asia and the caribbean to treat parasitic infections and are a valuable source of novel anti-trichomonals.	2008	18725281
the tropical brown alga lobophora variegata: a source of antiprotozoal compounds.	lobophora variegata, a brown alga collected from the coast of the yucatan peninsula, mexico, was studied for antiprotozoal activity against giardia intestinalis, entamoeba histolytica and trichomonas vaginalis. the whole extract showed the highest activity against t. vaginalis, with an ic(50) value of 3.2 microg/ml. for the fractions, the best antiprotozoal activity was found in non-polar fractions. the chloroform fraction of the extract contained a major sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (sqdg), id ...	2010	20479979