Indigenous plant remedies are widely used in the treatment of variety of disorders because these products are safe, widely available at low cost, and easy to access. Developing countries are severely threatened by amoebic diseases mainly caused by Entamoeba histolytica. Drugs available have been reported to be mutagenic so an alternate source of medicines is highly required. Plant extracts have...

Chemical modification of CS and its derivatives can enhance their properties and consequently expands their potential applications. And because of this, CS and its derivatives have been used in a number of different fields nowadays. They are an important class of N, S donor ligands which attract considerable interest because of their chemistry and biological activities, such as antitumor, antib...

BACKGROUND Annona cherimola Miller (Annonaceae) is a medicinal plant frequently recommended in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders such as diarrhea and dysentery. OBJECTIVE This work was undertaken to obtain information that support the traditional use of A. cherimola, on pharmacological basis using in vitro and computational experiments. MATERIAL AN...

Background and Aim Acanthamoeba is one of free-living amoebas, which are very abundant in nature. As a amoeba, this parasite has high lethality, especially people with underlying diseases, so researchers always looking for way to combat it. Drug plants good fight species. In study, we aimed investigate the lethal effect extract Oliveria decumbens vent Peganum harmala alcoholic on Acanthamoeba. ...

Amoebiasis is an important public health problem in developing countries. Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amoebiasis, may develop resistance to nitroimidazoles, a group of drugs considered to be the most effective against this parasitic disease. Therefore, research on new drugs for the treatment of this common infection still constitutes an important therapeutic demand. In the pre...