This integrative review aims to present botanical, phytochemical and cytotoxic information about plant species commonly used. As a strategy to search for articles, the databases of Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Science Direct, and Google Scholar were used. selected works in Portuguese, English and Spanish. After reading the ab...
Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a serious public health challenge in Brazil and dogs are considered to be the main urban reservoir of the causative agent. The culling of animals to control VL in some countries makes the accurate diagnosis of canine VL (CVL) essential. Recombinant antigens rLci1A and rLci2B were selected from a cDNA library of Leishmania infantum amastigotes due to their strong potent...