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Activity of compounds isolated from Chilean lichens against experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis. 1997

A Fournet, and M E Ferreira, and A Rojas de Arias, and S Torres de Ortiz, and A Inchausti, and G Yaluff, and W Quilhot, and E Fernandez, and M E Hidalgo
ORSTOM (Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération), Asunción, Paraguay. fournet@uil31.una.py

Three secondary metabolites isolated from Chilean lichens, (+) usnic acid, pannarine and 1'-chloropannarine, were tested against promastigotes forms of three strains of Leishmania ssp. Pannarine and 1'-chloropannarine exhibited in vitro activity at 50 micrograms/ml and (+) usnic acid at 25 micrograms/ml. BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis were treated 4 weeks post-infection with (+) usnic acid by subcutaneous or oral routes for 15 days at 25 mg/kg or by five intralesional injections at interval of 4 days at 25 mg/kg of body weight. The reference drug, N-methylglucamine antimonate (Glucantime), was administered by subcutaneous injections (regimens of 28 mg of pentavalent antimony) for 15 days. The subcutaneous and oral treatments with (+) usnic did not produce any effect, but by intralesional administration we observed a significant effect that reduced by 43.34% the weight lesions and by 72.28% the parasites loads in infected footpads.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008011 Lichens Any of a group of plants formed by a symbiotic combination of a fungus with an algae or CYANOBACTERIA, and sometimes both. The fungal component makes up the bulk of the lichen and forms the basis for its name. Lichen
D008297 Male Males
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000981 Antiprotozoal Agents Substances that are destructive to protozoans. Schizonticides,Agents, Antiprotozoal
D001572 Benzofurans Compounds that contain a BENZENE ring fused to a furan ring. Coumarones,Diphenylbenzofuran
D001584 Benzoxepins
D016773 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous An endemic disease that is characterized by the development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate. The disease has been divided into Old and New World forms. Old World leishmaniasis is separated into three distinct types according to epidemiology and clinical manifestations and is caused by species of the L. tropica and L. aethiopica complexes as well as by species of the L. major genus. New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes. Leishmaniasis, American,Leishmaniasis, New World,Leishmaniasis, Old World,Oriental Sore,American Leishmaniasis,Cutaneous Leishmaniases,Cutaneous Leishmaniasis,Leishmaniases, Cutaneous,New World Leishmaniasis,Old World Leishmaniasis,Sore, Oriental
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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