Antioxidant activity and ultrastructural alterations in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes induced by limonoid-rich fractions from andiroba oil

ABSTRACT In the Amazon region, andiroba (Carapa guianensis) oil is among the most used products by the local population due to its medicinal properties. Previously, our group described the leishmanicidal activity of three limonoid-rich fractions from andiroba oil. This work aimed to evaluate the ant...

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Main Authors: Fernando ALMEIDA-SOUZA, Iara dos Santos da Silva OLIVEIRA, Isadora de Fátima Braga MAGALHÃES, Noemi Nosomi TANIWAKI, Kátia da Silva CALABRESE, Ana Lucia ABREU-SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2024-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672024000101800&lng=en&tlng=en