Morphological and physiological changes in Leishmania promastigotes induced by yangambin, a lignan obtained from Ocotea duckei

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-221

  Neto, Rubens L Monte ^a   Sousa, Louisa M A ^a   Dias, Celidarque S ^a   Filho, José M Barbosa ^a   Oliveira, Márcia R ^a   Figueiredo, Regina C B Q ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell death; Confocal microscopy; Leishmania; Ocotea duckei; Transmission electron microscopy; Yangambin

Indexed keywords

YANGAMBIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; OCOTEA; OCOTEA DUCKEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; DOGS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIGNANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCOTEA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

LAURACEAE; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; OCOTEA DUCKEI;

EID: 78650563323     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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