Antileishmanial activity of Eugenol-rich essential oil from Ocimum gratissimum

Parasitology International

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Ueda Nakamura, Tânia ^a   Mendonça Filho, Ricardo R ^b   Morgado Díaz, José Andrés ^c   Korehisa Maza, Paloma ^a   Prado Dias Filho, Benedito ^a   Aparício Garcia Cortez, Diógenes ^a   Alviano, Daniela Sales ^b   Rosa, Maria do Socorro S ^b   Lopes, Angela Hampshire C S ^b   Alviano, Celuta Sales ^b   Nakamura, Celso Vataru ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial activity; Eugenol; Leishmania amazonensis; Ocimum gratissimum

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; NITRIC OXIDE; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; IC 50; LEISHMANIA; MAMMAL CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUGENOL; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRIC OXIDE; OCIMUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MAMMALIA; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646074009     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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