| abstract |
Voacamine and its natural and synthetic derivatives such as 16'decarbometheoxyvoacamine, N6-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, expecially Peschiera fuchsiaefolia can be isolated and used directly as such an agent. |