Embilica officinalis L. inhibits the growth and proliferation of Leishmania donovani through the induction of ultrastructural changes, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and apoptosis-like cell death

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by a protozoan parasite, Leishmania donovani (L. donovani). It affects around 1–2 million people around the world annually. There is an urgent need to investigate new medicament of it due to difficult method of drug administration, long period of treatment, high...

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Main Authors: Rahat Ali, Mohammad Islamuddin, Shams Tabrez, Mohammed Alsaweed, Mohammed A. Alaidarous, Bader Mohammed Alshehri, Saeed Banawas, Abdul Aziz Bin Dukhyil, Abdur Rub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221009409