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Susceptibility of Leishmania major to Veronica persica Poir. extracts - In vitro and in vivo assays
Corresponding Author(s) : Bahare Salehi
bahar.salehi007@gmail.com
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 64 No. 8: Biosynthesis, metabolism and biological activities of natural products from medicinal and food plants
Abstract
Leishmania major is an intracellular parasite generally responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), one of the most encountered skin diseases especially in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Current treatment options are not ideal, due to unwanted side effects and increasing resistance and availability is often limited in developing countries. Medicinal plants continue to attract attention because of their beneficial effects in the prevention or/and accelerating the healing process of various diseases. In this study, in vitro and in vivo susceptibility of L. major to Veronica persica Poir. extract, a medicinal plant with many applications, has been evaluated. Antileishmanial activity of plant extract was investigated both on cultured L. major promastigotes and in mice challenged with L. major. Animals were divided into three groups including control (without any treatment), test (treated with plant extract) and glucantime (the reference drug) treated groups. After treatments, skin lesion sizes and body weights of animals were checked during 4 weeks. The potential of the plant extract in decreasing the number of parasites in spleen cells of animals as well as inducing the nitric oxide (NO) production by macrophage cells was also investigated. In vitro tests showed that the plant extract was able to reduce the survival time of promastigotes in a concentration-dependent manner. In vivo experiments also revealed a significant influence of V. persica extracts on accelerating the healing process as well as reducing the overall disease burden in animal model by inducing NO production in macrophage cells. Our findings indicated the promising potential of V. persica extract as an ideal candidate in the treatment of CL caused by L. major.
Keywords
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Plant extract
Medicinal plants
Bioactive phytochemicals.
Sharifi-Rad, J., Roointan, A., Setzer, W. N., Sharifi-Rad, M., Iriti, M., & Salehi, B. (2018). Susceptibility of Leishmania major to Veronica persica Poir. extracts - In vitro and in vivo assays. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 64(8), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2018.64.8.7
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