Leishmanicidal and healing effects of 3β,6β,16β-trihydroxy lup-20 (29)-ene isolated from Combretum leprosum on Leishmania braziliensis infection in vitro and in vivo.

Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis depends on drugs that potentially cause serious side effects and resistance. Thus, topical therapies are attractive alternatives to the drugs currently used. 3β, 6β, 16β-trihydroxylup-20 (29)-ene is a lupane triterpene isolated from Combretum leprosum Mart. leave...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aline Sombra Santos, Naya Lúcia de Castro Rodrigues, Francisco Rafael Marciano Fonseca, Nathalia Braga Fayão Oliveira, Bianca Oliveira Loucard, Fabíola Fernandes Heredia, Teresa Neuma Albuquerque Gomes Nogueira, Ticiana Monteiro Abreu, Hélcio Silva Dos Santos, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Luzia Kalyne Almeida Moreira Leal, Regis Bernardo Brandim Gomes, Clarissa Romero Teixeira, Maria Jania Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287665&type=printable