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  • Parasitology
  • Drug Discovery

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  • Chagas disease, caused by *Trypanosoma cruzi*, has limited treatment options.
  • Current drugs for Chagas disease have low cure rates in chronic phases and significant side effects.
  • There is an urgent need for novel chemotherapeutic agents against *T. cruzi*.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To isolate and identify new compounds with trypanocidal activity from *Trixis vauthieri*.
  • To evaluate the *in vitro* efficacy of these compounds against *T. cruzi*.
  • To compare the potency and safety profile of the identified compounds with the current standard drug, benznidazole.

Main Methods:

  • Isolation and structural elucidation of compounds from *Trixis vauthieri* extract.
  • *In vitro* evaluation of trypanocidal activity using L929 cell infection model.
  • Determination of IC50 values for parasite inhibition and host cell toxicity.
  • Comparison with benznidazole as a reference drug.

Main Results:

  • An inseparable mixture of two new trixikingolides was isolated.
  • The mixture exhibited potent *in vitro* trypanocidal activity with an IC50 of 0.053 µM against intracellular *T. cruzi* forms.
  • The mixture demonstrated a significantly better selectivity index compared to benznidazole, being 68 times less toxic to host cells and 70 times more potent.

Conclusions:

  • New trixikingolides from *Trixis vauthieri* possess significant *in vitro* trypanocidal activity.
  • These compounds represent promising leads for the development of new Chagas disease therapies.
  • Further *in vivo* studies are warranted to assess their efficacy in a murine model.