Copaiba Oil: An Alternative to Development of New Drugs against Leishmaniasis

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Scanning electron micrographs of promastigote and axenic amastigote forms of L. amazonensis treated with copaiba oil for 72 h. (a) promastigote, control; (b) promastigote after treatment with IC₅₀ of copaiba oil; (c and d) promastigote after treatment with IC₉₀ of copaiba oil; (e) amastigote, control; (f) amastigote after treatment with IC₅₀ of copaiba oil; (g and h) amastigote after treatment with IC₉₀ of copaiba oil. Bars = 1 μm.

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