Najm, Mehdi; Hadighi, Ramtin; Heidari-Kharaji, Maryam; Alipour, Maryam; Hajizadeh, Maryam; Rafiei-Sefiddashti, Raheleh; Heidari, Aliehsan et Badirzadeh, Alireza (2021). Anti-leishmanial activity of artemisia persica, a. Spicigera, and a. fragrance against leishmania major Iranian Journal of Parasitology , vol. 16 , nº 3. pp. 464-473. DOI: 10.18502/ijpa.v16i3.7100.
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Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), is a widespread infectious disease with high mortality and morbidity. Various medications are used for treating the disease, but several side effects and drug resistance have been reported. Herbal medicines are unlimited sources for discovering new medications to treat infectious diseases. We aimed to determine the leishmanicidal activity of three species of Iranian Artemisia herbal plant extracts in in-vitro. Methods: In-vitro anti-leishmanial activity of ethanolic extracts on both pro-mastigotes and amastigotes was determined by using MTT method. IC50, CC50, EC50 and SI were calculated. The study was done in 2019-2020 in Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Results: All of the three Artemisia species significantly reduced the number of parasite promastigotes. Among them, A. persica had the highest leishmanicidal activity against parasite promastigotes. Cytotoxicity assay elucidated that the Ar-temisia had no toxicity to the host cells, and killed the L. major amastigotes very efficiently. By increasing the dose of extracts, the parasite number in both phases (promastigotes and amastigotes) was reduced significantly. Conclusion: These results indicated satisfactory anti-leishmanial activity of Ar-temisia extracts against ZCL in-vitro. Accordingly, Artemisia ethanolic extracts might be considered as a strong, effective and safe herbal compound for clearing the L. major with less toxicity to the host macrophages cells. Hence, it may be recognized as an excellent herbal therapy for treating the ZCL. © 2021 Najm et al.
Type de document: | Article |
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Mots-clés libres: | Artemisia; Leishmania major; Parasitology |
Centre: | Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier |
Date de dépôt: | 30 juin 2022 14:02 |
Dernière modification: | 30 juin 2022 14:02 |
URI: | https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/12406 |
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