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 4

Effect of chloroform extract of seeds from C. papaya over the number of amastigote nests observed in cardiac tissue from mice BALB/c infected with trypomastigotes of T. cruzi and treated with 100 dpi at doses 50 and 75 mg/dg of chloroform crude extract ( in each evaluated group). PBS and allopurinol (8.5 mg/Kg) were used as negative and positive control, respectively ( in each control group) ( versus negative control; versus positive control).