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Mahabir P. Gupta
Researcher at University of Panama
Publications - 239
Citations - 6358
Mahabir P. Gupta is an academic researcher from University of Panama. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cladosporium cucumerinum & Essential oil. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 233 publications receiving 5868 citations. Previous affiliations of Mahabir P. Gupta include University of Salamanca & Saarland University.
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A microwell cytotoxicity assay using Artemia salina (brine shrimp).
TL;DR: A new microplate assay for cytotoxicity testing using A. salina has been developed and shown to give results comparable to a previously published test-tube method, except for two which require metabolic activation in man.
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Natural Product Drug Discovery and Development: New Perspectives on International Collaboration
Joe Baker,Robert P. Borris,Brad Carte,Geoffrey A. Cordell,Djaja D. Soejarto,Gordon M. Cragg,Mahabir P. Gupta,Maurice M. Iwu,Domingo R. Madulid,Varro E. Tyler +9 more
TL;DR: A discussion of policies for international collaboration and compensation being implemented by several developed country organizations, and the perspectives on the current developments given by representatives of some of the source countries located in the regions of greatest biodiversity.
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Value of the ethnomedical information for the discovery of plants with antifungal properties. A survey among seven Latin American countries.
Laura Svetaz,Federico Alberto Zuljan,Marcos Derita,Elisa M. Petenatti,Giselle Tamayo,Armando Cáceres,Valdir Cechinel Filho,Alberto Giménez,Roberto Pinzón,Susana Zacchino,Mahabir P. Gupta +10 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the ethnopharmacological approach is useful in guiding the detection of antifungal plants in Latin America mainly for infections in which the pathological expression is obvious and, therefore, the cure can be clearly observed.
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A search for anti-viral properties in Panamanian medicinal plants. The effects on HIV and its essential enzymes.
TL;DR: Aqueous and methanolic extracts of 39 Panamanian medicinal plants were tested for anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) effects in vitro as discussed by the authors.
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Cytotoxic biflavonoids from Selaginella willdenowii
Gloria L. Silva,Heebyung Chai,Mahabir P. Gupta,Norman R. Farnsworth,Geoffrey A. Cordell,John M. Pezzuto,Chris Beecher,A. Douglas Kinghorn +7 more
TL;DR: Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the leaves of Selaginella willdenowii afforded three known biflavones, 4',7"-di-O-methylamentoflavone, isocryptomerin and 7"-O-methylrobustaflavone that were significantly cytotoxic against a panel of human cancer cell lines.