Authors: V Sülsen C Güida J Coussio C Paveto L Muschietti V Martino
Publish Date: 2005/12/10
Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Pages: 370-374
Abstract
Thirtytwo organic and aqueous extracts belonging to 12 Argentine medicinal plants were tested for their in vitro trypanocidal activity on epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi Among the selected species the organic extracts of Ambrosia scabra Ambrosia tenuifolia Baccharis spicata Eupatorium buniifolium Lippia integrifolia Mulinum spinosum and Satureja parvifolia and the aqueous extracts of E buniifolium L integrifolia M spinosum and S parvifolia showed trypanocidal activity with a percentage of growth inhibition higher than 70 at a concentration of 100 μg/mlThis investigation was supported in part by PICT 2002 0511240 Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica PIP 02419 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and UBASECYT B101 Collection of plant material is kindly acknowledged to Ing G Giberti Ing J de D Muñoz and Lic A Slanis
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