Inhibition of the Growth of Plasmodium falciparum in Culture by Stearylamine-Phosphatidylcholine Liposomes

Figure 5

Intraerythrocytic uptake of SPC-SA liposome: parasite cultures were exposed for different time points with rhodaminated SPC-SA liposomes (5 μg/mL) (Panel: SPC-SA Rhodamine) at 37°C, fixed and further counterstained using DAPI (1 μg/mL), and kept in dark. Images were taken within 5 min after exposure to microscopic light to avoid photo bleaching. Uninfected erythrocytes were also treated under similar conditions. Panel RBC denotes phase contrast pictures of RBC, Merge denotes merger of phase contrast picture and rhodamine picture.