Research Article

Asteraceae Artemisia campestris and Artemisia herba-alba Essential Oils Trigger Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Leishmania infantum Promastigotes

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Antileishmanial activity of serially diluted concentrations of essential oil from (a) Artemisia herba-alba and (b) Artemisia campestris against L. infantum promastigotes monitored by trypan blue exclusion at 24 (dark grey square), 48 (light grey square), and 72 h (grey square) incubation. Results are reported as the means ± SD of three independent experiments carried out in technical triplicate. Statistical significance was measured by comparing treated groups to control groups (; ; insignificant).
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