In Vivo Antiprotozoal Activity of the Chloroform Extract from Carica papaya Seeds against Amastigote Stage of Trypanosoma cruzi during Indeterminate and Chronic Phase of Infection
Figure 3
Microphotographs of cardiac tissue from BALB/c (40x, HE) during subacute phase of Chagas’ disease. Untreated animals (negative control) (a), treated with allopurinol (positive control, 8.5 mg/kg) (b), treated with seed CE of C. papaya (50 mg/kg) (c), treated with seed CE of C. papaya (75 mg/kg) (d), and treated with the combination of FA (100 mg/kg) (CE = chloroform extract, FA = fatty acids, and arrows indicate the presence of amastigote nests).
