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Silva,Roseane Pereira da; Holanda,Cecília Maria de Carvalho Xavier; Barbosa,Vanessa Santos de Arruda; Oliveira,Daniel Pereira de; Lima,Natália Alves; Câmara,Antônia Cláudia Jácome da; Medeiros,Aldo da Cunha; Constantino,Maria Helena Spyrides. |
Artemisia vulgaris (AV) is an antihelmintic and antimalarial drug; Aloe vera(babosa) acts as antidiabetic, laxative and anti-inflammatory;Benznidazole (BZ) is a trypanocidal of Trypanosoma cruzi (TC). Technetium-99m (99mTc) has been used in nuclear medicine to obtain diagnostic images. This study evaluated the plant effects in TC parasitemia and on the biodistribution of 99mTc in mice. Twenty mice were infected by TC. At the peak of parasitemia, 5 mice received babosa; 5 received AV and 5 received BZ. The parasitemia was determined at 0, 2, 4 and 6 h of drugs administration. Five infected mice without drugs, 5 mice without TC and the group treated with AV, received 99mTc. The radioactivity was calculated. Infected mice that received babosa reduced... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aloe vera; Artemisia vulgaris; Technetium-99m; Trypanosoma cruzi; Parasitemia; Biodistribution. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000700034 |
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