Arrabidaea chica hexanic extract induces mitochondrion damage and peptidase inhibition on Leishmania spp.

Currently available leishmaniasis treatments are limited due to severe side effects. Arrabidaea chica is a medicinal plant used in Brazil against several diseases. In this study, we investigated the effects of 5 fractions obtained from the crude hexanic extract of A. chica against Leishmania amazone...

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Autores: RODRIGUES, I. A., AZEVEDO, M. M. B., CHAVES, F. C. M., ALVINO, C. S., ALVIANO, D. S., VERMELHO, A. B.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/984315
Acesso em linha:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/984315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/985171
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Arrabidaea chica
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Resumo:Currently available leishmaniasis treatments are limited due to severe side effects. Arrabidaea chica is a medicinal plant used in Brazil against several diseases. In this study, we investigated the effects of 5 fractions obtained from the crude hexanic extract of A. chica against Leishmania amazonensis and L. infantum, as well as on the interaction of these parasites with host cells. Promastigotes were treated with several concentrations of the fractions obtained from A. chica for determination of their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC).