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Overview of artemisinin effectiveness during outset years of its implementation...
Pinto, Raquel de Medeiros; Sampaio, Vanderson de Souza; Melo, Gisely Cardoso de; Alecrim, Maria das Graças Costa; Mattos, KarineBACKGROUND The elimination of malaria depends on the blocking of transmission and of an effective treatment. In Brazil, artemisinin therapy was introduced in 1991, and here we present a performance overview during implementation outset years. METHODS It is a retrospective cohort (1991 to 2002) of patients treated in a tertiary centre of Manaus, with positive microscopic diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malari...
In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of extracts, fracti...
Silva, Luiz Francisco Rocha e; Lima, Emerson Silva; Vasconcellos, Marne Carvalho de; Aranha, Ellen Suzany Pereira; Costa, David SiqueiraTachia sp. are used as antimalarials in the Amazon Region and in vivo antimalarial activity of a Tachia sp. has been previously reported. Tachia grandiflora Maguire and Weaver is an Amazonian antimalarial plant and herein its cytotoxicity and antimalarial activity were investigated. Spectral analysis of the tetraoxygenated xanthone decussatin and the iridoid aglyone amplexine isolated, respectively, from the ch...
In vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum Welch field isolates to infusi...
Silva, Luiz Francisco Rocha e; Magalhães, Pedro Melillo de; Costa, Mônica Regina Farias; Alecrim, Maria das Graças Costa; Chaves, Francisco Célio MaiaArtemisinin is the active antimalarial compound obtained from the leaves of Artemisia annua L. Artemisinin, and its semi-synthetic derivatives, are the main drugs used to treat multi-drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (one of the human malaria parasite species). The in vitro susceptibility of P. falciparum K1 and 3d7 strains and field isolates from the state of Amazonas, Brazil, to A. annua infusions (5 g dry...
In vitro inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum by substances isolated from Amazon...
Andrade Neto, Valter Ferreira de; Pohlit, Adrian Martin; Pinto, Ana Cristina da Silva; Silva, Ellen Cristina Costa; Nogueira, Karla LagosIn the present study, a quassinoid, neosergeolide, isolated from the roots and stems of Picrolemma sprucei (Simaroubaceae), the indole alkaloids ellipticine and aspidocarpine, isolated from the bark of Aspidosperma vargasii and A. desmanthum (Apocynaceae), respectively, and 4-nerolidylcatechol, isolated from the roots of Pothomorphe peltata (Piperaceae), all presented significant in vitro inhibition (more activ...