GC-MS Characterization of Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Syzygium aromaticum Essential Oil and Eugenol

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BALB/c peritoneal macrophages infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated with Syzygium aromaticum essential oil or eugenol for 24 hours. Parameters of infection (a-d) and light microscopy (e). Intracellular amastigotes (black arrows) and remains of amastigotes (red arrows) inside macrophages. The images and data (mean ± standard deviation) represent two independent experiments performed in quadruplicate.  < 0.05 and  < 0.01 when compared with the untreated control group by the Mann–Whitney test. Giemsa, 40x objective.

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