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The leishmanicidal effect of (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol, an oxylipin isolated from Tridax procumbens, is independent of NO production.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19953523     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The in vitro leishmanicidal effect of (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol (1) isolated from Tridax procumbens whole plant against Leishmania mexicana, the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (chiclero's ulcer) in the New World, was investigated. This oxylipin showed significant in vitro activity against promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes of L. mexicana. Its inhibitory effect on amastigotes was not due to activation of NO in recombinant gamma-interferon-stimulated macrophages, since the production of NO was decreased in presence of the oxylipin. This is the first report on the leishmanicidal activity against the intracellular stage (amastigote) of the oxylipin (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol.
Authors:
Zhelmy Martín-Quintal; María del Rosario García-Miss; Mirza Mut-Martín; Abril Matus-Moo; Luis W Torres-Tapia; Sergio R Peraza-Sánchez
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Phytotherapy research : PTR     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1099-1573     ISO Abbreviation:  Phytother Res     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-30     Completed Date:  2010-09-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904486     Medline TA:  Phytother Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1004-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 #130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology*
Asteraceae / chemistry
Fatty Alcohols / pharmacology*
Interferon-gamma, Recombinant / pharmacology
Leishmania mexicana / drug effects*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / drug therapy*
Macrophages / drug effects
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Nitric Oxide / metabolism
Oxylipins / pharmacology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antiprotozoal Agents; 0/Fatty Alcohols; 0/Interferon-gamma, Recombinant; 0/Oxylipins; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide; 110927-49-6/didehydrofalcarinol

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