Abstract
In view of the attributed medicinal properties of β-carboline alkaloids, some new O-acyl derivatives of β-carboline alkaloid – harmol, were prepared and tested for possible antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Prof. Dr. Cecil D. Kwong, TAACF Medicinal Chemist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Albama, USA, for the evaluation of antimycobacterium activity.