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Leishmanicidal, cytotoxicity and wound healing potential of Arrabidaea chica Verlot

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, January 2016
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Title
Leishmanicidal, cytotoxicity and wound healing potential of Arrabidaea chica Verlot
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12906-015-0973-0
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Joicy Cortez de Sá, Fernando Almeida-Souza, Renata Mondêgo-Oliveira, Iara dos Santos da Silva Oliveira, Lyah Lamarck, Isadora de Fátima Braga Magalhães, Aarão Filipe Ataídes-Lima, Higor da Silva Ferreira, Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva

Abstract

Leishmaniasis includes a wide complex of diseases that affect humans and other mammals, and can range from a mild cutaneous form to a severe visceral type. The safety of the standard treatment using pentavalent antimony is a concern due to its toxic effects. The search for alternative, effective and less toxic treatments has led to the testing of natural products. The present study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic, leishmanicidal and healing potential of Arrabidaea chica. The crude ethanolic extract, as well as the chloroform, methanol and ethyl acetate fractions of A. chica were prepared and phytochemical analysis was performed. Cytotoxic evaluation was carried out through MTT colorimetric assay, and the 50 % cellular cytotoxicity was determined. After that, the effect of the extract and fractions against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes, at intervals of 24, 48 and 72 h, was analyzed, and 50 % inhibitory concentration was determined. The healing effect of the plant was also tested in surgical lesions in Swiss mice skin. Phytochemical screening showed that the crude extracts contained flavonoids, tannins, anthocyanidins and chalcones. The leishmanicidal potential of A. chica produced satisfactory results in concentrations of between 60 and 155.9 μg/mL. Cytotoxic assay revealed a 50 % reduction in viable cells at a concentration of 189.9 μg/mL. The healing results indicated that the treated group exhibited more pronounced signs of lesion resolution in the early period, but this pattern did not persist throughout the treatment. The results of the present study demonstrate that A. chica has cytotoxic and leishmanicidal potential but its healing effect must be better studied.

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Unknown 100 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 16%
Student > Master 11 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 10%
Researcher 8 8%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 28 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 8%
Chemistry 8 8%
Other 16 16%
Unknown 32 32%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2016.
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#5,547,217
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Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#913
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Outputs of similar age
#88,135
of 393,289 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#16
of 73 outputs
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