Efficacy of a diarylheptanoid derivative against Leishmania amazonensis

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Luciana Vignólio Alves¹  Rosane Maria Temporal¹  Léa Cysne-finkelstein¹  Leonor Laura Leon¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz Departamento de Imunologia Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: diarylheptanoid;    treatment trial;    Leishmania amazonensis;    leishmaniasis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762003000400024

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The activity of several diarylheptanoid derivatives (curcuminoids) was previously evaluated against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes and among them the most active compound was the [1-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-7-(3,4-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,6-heptadien-3, 5-dione]. This derivative was chosen to be assayed in vivo in a treatment trial. For these experiments, the curcuminoid compound was used in a concentration equivalent to the IC50/24 h, obtained from the previous study. Balb/c mice were inoculated subcutaneously in the footpad with L. amazonensis infective promastigotes and 4 weeks after the inoculation, the animals were treated with different schemes, varying from 1 to 3 doses. In all the experiments, Pentamidine Isethionate was used as reference drug under the same experimental conditions. The results showed that one dose was not enough to heal the lesion, however, with 2 and 3 doses the efficiency of the assayed compound was clear. On the other hand, treatment with Pentamidine Isethionate using the three different schemes was not satisfactory when compared to the curcuminoid derivative.

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