In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Essential Oil of Vanillosmopsis arborea (Asteraceae) Baker

Figure 5

Transmission electron microscopy of Leishmania amazonensis promastigote with no treatment (a) or incubated with α-bisabolol (b and c) and VAEO (d, e, and f) at concentrations of 30 μg/mL for both compounds. Also both treatments show the interaction of lipid droplets with swelling of the plasma membrane. N: nucleus; k: kinetoplast; m: mitochondria; pf: pocket flagellar. Bars 1.0 μm (a); 0.5 μm (b); 0.2 μm (c); 1.0 μm (d); 0.5 μm (e); 200 nm (f).

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