evoxanthine

Evoxanthine is an alkaloid that has been found in O. renieri and has antimalarial and anticancer activities.1,2 It is active against P. falciparum with an IC50 value of 67.6 μg ml.1 Evoxanthine decreases proliferation of nine sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cell lines (IC50s = 6.11-80.99 μM).2 |1. Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary, T.G., et al. Potential antimalarial candidates from African plants: And in vitro approach using Plasmodium falciparum. J. Ethnopharmacol. 15(2), 201-209 (1986).|2. Kuete, V., Fouotsa, H., Mbaveng, A.T., et al. Cytotoxicity of a naturally occurring furoquinoline alkaloid and four acridone alkaloids towards multi-factorial drug-resistant cancer cells. Phytomedicine 22(10), 946-951 (2015).