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Effects of selected Indonesian plant extracts on E. cuniculi infection in vivo

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SAK Bohumil JANDOVÁ Anna DOLEŽAL Karel KVÁČ Martin KVĚTOŇOVÁ Dana HLÁSKOVÁ Lenka ROST Michael OLŠANSKÝ Milan NURCAHYO Wisnu FOITOVÁ Ivona

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Experimental Parasitology
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2017.07.014
Keywords Molecular detection; Antifungal; Plant extract; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; In vivo
Description The present study was conducted to evaluate the methanolic extracts from several plant leaves widely used in traditional medicine to cure digestive tract disorders and in the self-medication of wild animals such as non-human primates, namely Archidendron fagifolium, Diospyros sumatrana, Shorea sumatrana, and Piper betle leaves, with regard to their antimicrosporidial activity against Encephalitozoon cuniculi in immunocompetent BALB/c mice determined using molecular detection of microsporidial DNA (qPCR) in various tissues and body fluids of infected, treated mice. Of the plant extracts tested, Diospyros sumatrana provided the most promising results, reducing spore shedding by 88% compared to untreated controls. Moreover, total burden per 1 g of tissue in the D. sumatrana extract-treated group reached 87% reduction compared to untreated controls, which was comparable to the effect of the standard drug, Albendazole. This data represents the baseline necessary for further research focused on determining the structure, activity and modes of action of the active compounds, mainly of D. sumatrana, enabling subsequent development of antimicrosporidial remedies.
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