Cyclombandakamines A1 and A2, oxygen-bridged naphthylisoquinoline dimers from a Congolese <em>Ancistrocladus liana</em> (Publications)
Cyclombandakamines A1 (1) and A2 (2), both with an unprecedented pyrane-cyclohexenone-dihydrofuran sequence and six stereocenters and two chiral axes, are the first oxygen-bridged dimeric naphthylisoq
Dioncophyllines C2, D2, and F and related naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from the Congolese liana <em>Ancistrocladus ileboensis</em> with potent... (Publications)
Dioncophylline F (1), the first 5,8'-coupled dioncophyllaceous alkaloid (i.e., lacking an oxygen function at C-6 and possessing an R-configuration at C-3), was isolated from the recently described Con
Antiprotozoal activity-based profiling of a dichloromethane extract from <em>Anthemis nobilis</em> flowers (Publications)
A dichlomethane extract of Anthemis nobilis flower cones showed promising in vitro antiprotozoal activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Leishmania donovani, with IC50 values of 1.43 +/- 0
Actual and perceived weight status and its association with slimming and energy-balance related behaviours in 10- to 12-year-old European children:... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Both parents' and children's perception of children's weight status may be important predictors of slimming and energy-balance related behaviours, independent of children's actual weight s
The effects of growing up on a farm on adult lung function and allergic phenotypes: an international population-based study (Publications)
RATIONALE: Evidence has suggested that exposure to environmental or microbial biodiversity in early life may impact subsequent lung function and allergic disease risk. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the i
Burden and historical trend of Buruli ulcer prevalence in selected communities along the Offin River of Ghana (Publications)
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans with more than two thirds of the global cases reported in West Africa. A nationwide active BU case search conduc
Seeing beyond 2020: an economic evaluation of contemporary and emerging strategies for elimination of <em>Trypanosoma brucei gambiense</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma brucei (T b) gambiense is targeted to reach elimination as a public health problem by 2020 and full elimination by 2030. To achieve these goals, stakeholders need to consider s
Sustaining the control of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> in western Côte d'Ivoire: baseline findings before the implementation of a randomized... (Publications)
We report baseline findings before the implementation of a 4-year intervention trial designed to assess the impact of three different school-based treatment schedules with praziquantel to sustain the