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Investigation of plant extracts in traditional medicine of the Brazilian Cerrado against protozoans and yeasts

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 131; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jep.2010.06.011

ISSN

1872-7573

Autores

Lorena Carneiro Albernaz, José Elias de Paula, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silva, Phillipe Grellier, Lengo Mambu, Laila Salmen Espíndola,

Tópico(s)

Trypanosoma species research and implications

Resumo

To investigate the activities of the 217 plant extracts in traditional medicine of the Brazilian Cerrado against protozoans and yeasts.Plant extracts were prepared by the method of maceration using solvents of different polarities. The growth inhibition of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strain (FcB1) was determined by measuring the radioactivity of the tritiated hypoxanthine incorporated. Activity against Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi and Trypanosoma cruzi was measured by the MTT colorimetric assay. The antifungal tests were carried out by using the CLSI method. The active extracts were tested also by cytotoxicity assay using NIH-3T3 cells of mammalian fibroblasts.Two hundred and seventeen extracts of plants were tested against Plasmodium falciparum. The eleven active extracts, belonging to eight plant species were evaluated against L. (L.) chagasi, Trypanosoma cruzi, yeasts and in NIH-3T3 cells. The results found in these biological models are consistent with the ethnopharmacological data of these plants. The ethyl acetate extract of Diospyros hispida root showed IC(50) values of 1 microg/mL against Plasmodium falciparum. This extract demonstrated no toxicity against mammalian cells, resulting in a significant selectivity index (SI) of 435.8. The dichloromethane extract of Calophyllum brasiliense root wood was active against Cryptococcus gattii LMGO 01 with MIC of 1.95 microg/mL; and Candida albicans ATCC 10231 and Candida krusei LMGO 174, both with MIC of 7.81 microg/mL. The same extract was also active against Plasmodium falciparum and L. (L.) chagasi with IC(50) of 6.7 and 27.6 microg/mL respectively. The ethyl acetate extract of Spiranthera odoratissima leaves was active against Cryptococcus gattii LMGO 01 with MIC of 31.25 microg/mL, and against Plasmodium falciparum with IC(50) of 9.2 microg/mL and Trypanosoma cruzi with IC(50) of 56.3 microg/mL.The active extracts for protozoans and human pathogenic yeasts are considered promising to continue the search for the identification and development of leading compounds.

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