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In Vivo Infection with Leishmania amazonensis to Evaluate Parasite Virulence in Mice
Published on: February 20, 2020
Effect of Bixa orellana against Leishmania amazonensis
Marley García1, Lianet Monzote, Ana M Montalvo
1Departmento de Parasitología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006)
|December 23, 2011
Abstract
Background:
In the present study, an activity of Bixa orellana extract against Leishmania amazonensis was demonstrated.
Result:
Experimentally infected BALB/c mice were treated with B. orellana extract which showed a significant activity against promastigote and amastigote forms of L. amazonensis.
Conclusion:
This study supports the importance of natural sources as antileishmanial drugs.
