In Vitro and In Vivo Leishmanicidal Activity of Astronium fraxinifolium (Schott) and Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng against Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

In Vitro and In Vivo Leishmanicidal Activity of Astronium fraxinifolium (Schott) and Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng against Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

The aim of the present work was to evaluate antileishmanial activity of Astronium fraxinifolium and Plectranthus amboinicus. For the in vitro tests, essential oil of P. amboinicus (OEPA) and ethanolic extracts from A. fraxinifolium (EEAF) were incubated with 106  promastigotes of L. (Viannia) brazil...

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Main Authors: Silvio César Gomes de Lima, Maria Jania Teixeira, José Evaldo Gonçalves Lopes Júnior, Selene Maia de Morais, Alba Fabiola Torres, Milena Aguiar Braga, Raphael Oliveira Rodrigues, Gilvandete Maria Pinheiro Santiago, Alice Costa Martins, Aparecida Tiemi Nagao-Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/848293

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