García Marley, Monzote Lianet, Montalvo Ana M, Scull Ramón
Departmento de Parasitología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Forsch Komplementmed. 2011;18(6):351-3. doi: 10.1159/000335280. Epub 2011 Dec 9.
In the present study, an activity of Bixa orellana extract against Leishmania amazonensis was demonstrated.
Experimentally infected BALB/c mice were treated with B. orellana extract which showed a significant activity against promastigote and amastigote forms of L. amazonensis.
This study supports the importance of natural sources as antileishmanial drugs.
在本研究中,证明了红木提取物对亚马逊利什曼原虫具有活性。
用红木提取物对实验感染的BALB/c小鼠进行治疗,该提取物对亚马逊利什曼原虫的前鞭毛体和无鞭毛体形式显示出显著活性。
本研究支持天然来源作为抗利什曼原虫药物的重要性。