Publications by authors named "Theodora Matringe"

Article Synopsis
  • A series of new quinoline-based tetracyclic compounds were created and tested for their effectiveness against malaria, cancer, and infectious diseases.
  • The most promising results came from hydroiodide salts, which showed better antimalarial activity than the control drugs.
  • Among cancer treatments, the new compound pyridophenanthridine was found significantly more effective against human prostate cancer than traditional treatments like Puromycin and Doxorubicin.
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Eichhornia crassipes is well known as an invasive aquatic plant. It is also used very effectively in phytoremediation, particularly for the rhizofiltration of effluents contaminated by heavy metals. In this article, we show that it is also an excellent bioindicator of water polluted by worrying organic pollutants such as endocrine disruptors and neonicotinoids.

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