Anti-parasitic Activity of Some Medicinal Plants Essential Oils on Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica, In Vitro

Research Journal of Pharmacognosy

ARTICLE

Mohammad Azadbakht¹  Aroona Chabra¹  Ali Saeedi Akbarabadi³  Mohammad Hossein Motazedian⁴  Taha Monadi²  Fatemeh Akbari² 

[1] Department of Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences;Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences;Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences;Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

关键词: cysts;    Entamoeba histolytica;    essential oil;    Giardia lamblia;    herbal medicine;   

DOI  :  10.22127/rjp.2019.168142.1462

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: Iranian Society of Pharmacognosy

【 摘 要 】

Background and objectives: Giardiasis and amoebiasis are two common diseases in human societies which make increasing problems for the health managing systems. In the present study, the antiparasitic activity of Allium sativum, Artemisia sieberi, Zatraria multiflora, Chenopodium botrys and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils on Giardia lamblia cysts and Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites were investigated in vitro. Methods: Giardia lamblia cysts and E. histolytica trophozoites were isolated from infected sample stools. The parasites were treated by four concentrations (0.2, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 µg/mL) of essential oils, separately for 30 min at 37 °C. Results: The essential oils at the concentration of 0.1 and 0.2 µg/mL indicated appreciate parasiticidal effect (p<0.05). Eucalyptus globulus had maximum efficacy on both G. lamblia and E. histolytica with mortality rates of 79.7% and 87.6% within 30 min. Conclusion: All essential oils showed potent anti-giardiasis and anti-amoebiasis activity. Also, E. globulus with the highest efficiency could be considered as anti-protozoa medication to use an adjunct or primary therapy.

【 授权许可】

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