AIM: The anti-leishmanial activity of methanolic extracts of Calendula officinalis flowers, Datura stramonium seeds, and Salvia officinalis leaves against extracellular(promastigote) and intracellular(amastigote) form...AIM: The anti-leishmanial activity of methanolic extracts of Calendula officinalis flowers, Datura stramonium seeds, and Salvia officinalis leaves against extracellular(promastigote) and intracellular(amastigote) forms of Leishmania major were evaluated in this study. METHOD: In the first stage, promastigote forms of L. major, were treated with different doses of the plant extracts in a 96-well tissue-culture microplate and IC50 values for each extract were measured with colorimetric MTT assay. In the second stage, macrophage cells were infected with L. major promastigotes. Infected macrophages were treated with plant extracts. Then the macrophages were stained with Gimsa and the number of infected macrophages and amastigotes were counted with a light microscope. RESULTS: The results indicated that the plant extracts inhibited the growth of promastigotes and amastigotes of L. major. Inhibitory concentrations(IC50) for promastigote assay were 108.19, 155.15, and 184.32 μg·mL-1 for C. officinalis flowers, D. stramonium seeds and S. officinalis, respectively. The extracts also reduced the number of amastigotes in macrophage cells from 264 for control group to 88, 97, and 102 for test groups. Although the anti-leishmanial activity of the extracts were not comparable with the standard drug, miltefosine; but they showed significant efficiency in reducing the number of amastigotes in macrophages, in comparison with the control group(P < 0.001). These plant extracts had lower toxicity compared with miltefosine. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the potential efficacy of the methanolic extracts of C. officinalis flowers, D. stramonium seeds, and S. officinalis leaves to control of cutaneous leishmaniasis.展开更多
目的比较我国不同类型内脏利什曼病流行区利什曼原虫前鞭毛体在不同培养基中的生长繁殖情况,为选择合适培养基用于利什曼原虫培养提供实验依据。方法将3×105个KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体分别接种至1 m L NNN培养基、1...目的比较我国不同类型内脏利什曼病流行区利什曼原虫前鞭毛体在不同培养基中的生长繁殖情况,为选择合适培养基用于利什曼原虫培养提供实验依据。方法将3×105个KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体分别接种至1 m L NNN培养基、1 m L M199+20%胎牛血清培养基、1 m L M199+20%马血清培养基及1 m L脑心浸液培养基(含血红素)中,22℃温箱中无菌静置培养,显微镜下连续观察计数8 d,绘制3株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体的生长曲线。结果 KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体均能在NNN培养基、M199+20%胎牛血清培养基和M199+20%马血清培养基中生长繁殖,在NNN培养基中培养不同时间后的3株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体计数均显著高于M199+20%胎牛血清培养基和M199+20%马血清培养基(P均<0.05),在这3种培养基中培养不同时间后的KS-2株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体计数均显著高于Cy和JIASHI-5株(P均<0.05)。KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体均不能在脑心浸液培养基中生长繁殖。结论分离自我国不同类型内脏利什曼病流行区的利什曼原虫在同一培养基中生长增殖速度有差异,同一利什曼原虫分离株在不同培养基中的生长繁殖速度亦有差异。NNN培养基是最适合我国内脏利什曼病流行区利什曼原虫分离株的培养基。展开更多
文摘AIM: The anti-leishmanial activity of methanolic extracts of Calendula officinalis flowers, Datura stramonium seeds, and Salvia officinalis leaves against extracellular(promastigote) and intracellular(amastigote) forms of Leishmania major were evaluated in this study. METHOD: In the first stage, promastigote forms of L. major, were treated with different doses of the plant extracts in a 96-well tissue-culture microplate and IC50 values for each extract were measured with colorimetric MTT assay. In the second stage, macrophage cells were infected with L. major promastigotes. Infected macrophages were treated with plant extracts. Then the macrophages were stained with Gimsa and the number of infected macrophages and amastigotes were counted with a light microscope. RESULTS: The results indicated that the plant extracts inhibited the growth of promastigotes and amastigotes of L. major. Inhibitory concentrations(IC50) for promastigote assay were 108.19, 155.15, and 184.32 μg·mL-1 for C. officinalis flowers, D. stramonium seeds and S. officinalis, respectively. The extracts also reduced the number of amastigotes in macrophage cells from 264 for control group to 88, 97, and 102 for test groups. Although the anti-leishmanial activity of the extracts were not comparable with the standard drug, miltefosine; but they showed significant efficiency in reducing the number of amastigotes in macrophages, in comparison with the control group(P < 0.001). These plant extracts had lower toxicity compared with miltefosine. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the potential efficacy of the methanolic extracts of C. officinalis flowers, D. stramonium seeds, and S. officinalis leaves to control of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
文摘目的比较我国不同类型内脏利什曼病流行区利什曼原虫前鞭毛体在不同培养基中的生长繁殖情况,为选择合适培养基用于利什曼原虫培养提供实验依据。方法将3×105个KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体分别接种至1 m L NNN培养基、1 m L M199+20%胎牛血清培养基、1 m L M199+20%马血清培养基及1 m L脑心浸液培养基(含血红素)中,22℃温箱中无菌静置培养,显微镜下连续观察计数8 d,绘制3株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体的生长曲线。结果 KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体均能在NNN培养基、M199+20%胎牛血清培养基和M199+20%马血清培养基中生长繁殖,在NNN培养基中培养不同时间后的3株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体计数均显著高于M199+20%胎牛血清培养基和M199+20%马血清培养基(P均<0.05),在这3种培养基中培养不同时间后的KS-2株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体计数均显著高于Cy和JIASHI-5株(P均<0.05)。KS-2、Cy、JIASHI-5株利什曼原虫前鞭毛体均不能在脑心浸液培养基中生长繁殖。结论分离自我国不同类型内脏利什曼病流行区的利什曼原虫在同一培养基中生长增殖速度有差异,同一利什曼原虫分离株在不同培养基中的生长繁殖速度亦有差异。NNN培养基是最适合我国内脏利什曼病流行区利什曼原虫分离株的培养基。
