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Zainaba Dardari1, Meryem Lemrani, Abdelmejid Bahloul
1Département de Biologie, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik-Casablanca, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Sidi Othmane, Casablanca B.P. 7955, Morocco. dzainaba@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
7-[5'-(3'-phenylisoxazolino)methyl]-8-hydroxyquinoline a new synthetic 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative, was found, for the first time, to inhibit the multiplication in vitro of Leishmania tropica, Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum at micromolar concentrations. For each test we calculated a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) and the IC50 values found after 48 h are: 0.4 microgram/ml for L. tropica, 0.88 microgram/ml for L. major and 0.62 microgram/ml for L. infantum. As positive control, amphotericin B, a standard antileishmanial drug was used.
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