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MELO NETO,BERNARDO; LEITÃO,JOSEANA M.S.R.; OLIVEIRA,LUCIANO G.C.; SANTOS,SÉRGIO E.M.; CARNEIRO,SABRINA M.P.; RODRIGUES,KLINGER A.F.; CHAVES,MARIANA H.; ARCANJO,DANIEL D.R.; CARVALHO,FERNANDO A.A.. |
ABSTRACT Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Lam. (Rutaceae) has been traditionally used in the treatment of microbial infections and parasitic diseases. In the present study, the antileishmanial effect induced by the ethanol extract of stem barks from Z. rhoifolium (ZR-EEtOH) and its n-hexane fraction (ZR-FHEX) on infection and infectivity of murine macrophages by promastigote forms of Leishmania amazonensis were investigated. In different set of experiments, macrophages or promastigotes were pretreated with ZR-EEtOH or ZR-FHEX at non-lethal concentrations for 24 hours, and then macrophages were submitted to infection by promastigotes. Moreover, their effects on activation of macrophages, as well as on the DNA content, size and number of promastigotes by flow... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leishmania; Macrophages; Nitric oxide; Promastigote; Phagocytic activity; Zanthoxylum. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000501851 |
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