Anti-proliferative effect of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf (lemongrass) on intracellular amastigotes, bloodstream trypomastigotes and culture epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida)

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1649-1656

  Santoro, G F ^a   Cardoso, M G ^b,c   Guimaraes L G L ^b   Freire, J M ^b   Soares, M J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Vale do Rio Verde   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oil; Lemongrass; Trypanosoma cruzi; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIMASTIGOTE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; IONIZATION; LYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CYMBOPOGON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 36649025304     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002958     Document Type: Article

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