Research Article

HPLC-DAD Analysis, Antileishmanial, Antiproliferative, and Antibacterial Activities of Lacistema pubescens: An Amazonian Medicinal Plant

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Effect of methanolic extracts (a) and hexane fraction (b) on intracellular amastigotes. Peritoneal macrophages previously infected with L. amazonensis promastigotes in the stationary growth phase were exposed to the samples for 72 h. The parasite burden was evaluated comparing the number of intracellular amastigotes in treated and untreated cultures (control). All results were significant ().
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