Leishmanicidal activity of carvacrol-rich essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham

Leishmanicidal activity of carvacrol-rich essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham

Leishamaniasis is a disease that affects more than 2 million people worldwide, whose causative agent is Leishmania spp. The current therapy for leishmaniasis is far from satisfactory. All available drugs, including pentavalent antimony, require parenteral administration and are potentially toxic. Mo...

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Main Authors: Paulo A Farias-Junior, Marcos C Rios, Tauanny A Moura, Roque P Almeida, Pericles B Alves, Arie F Blank, Roberta P M Fernandes, Ricardo Scher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:Biological Research
Subjects:
carvacrol
p-cymene
essential oil composition
Leishmania chagasi
Lippia ssp.
thymol
Verbenaceae
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