Evaluation of leishmanicidal effect in derivatives of dibenzylbutirolactonic lignans. / Avaliação do efeito leishmanicida de derivados de lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas

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2009

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Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania, being the second great incidence of parasitic diseases in the world. In the search for new drugs or substances with low costs and low toxicity wich could be used in case of infection and situations of parasite resistance, being evaluated the possibility to use natural or synthetic substances. Dibenzylbutirolactonic lignans are substances with useful biological properties presenting significant trypanocidal effect. In this way we proposed to evaluate the in vitro biological activity of the lignans in of Leishmania amazonensis promastigote and amastigote forms . The compounds used were: (1) 7-O-N,N-dimethylamine cubebine, (3) cubebine, (D) 6-6´dinitroinokinine e (H) hinokinin. For the evaluation of these substances, two colorimetric methods were empoyed: MTT and Alamar Blue® , followed by microscopic counting in haemocytometer. After the results obtained after the couting of promastigote forms, we could verify that the substances (1) 7-O-N,N-dimethylamine cubebine, (3) cubebine, (D) 6-6´dinitroinokinine, and (H) hinokinin showed leishmanicidal potential, being fouded the followed values of IC50: (1) = 19.4M; (3) 3.6M; (D) = 15.5M. On the other hand the results obtained of the same substances in the parasite amastigote forms showed no leishmanicidal effect. The colorimetric methods showed no correspondence with microscopic couting demonstrating inefficacy of this substance class.

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resazurina mtt mtt resazurin substances evaluation. lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas leishmania amazonensis dibenzylbutirolactonics lignans avaliação de substâncias. leishmania amazonensis

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