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Type: | Artigo |
Title: | Violacein extracted from chromobacterium violaceum inhibits plasmodium growth in vitro and in vivo |
Author: | Lopes, Stefanie C. P. Blanco, Yara C. Justo, Giselle Z. Nogueira, Paulo A. Rodrigues, Francisco L. S. Goelnitz, Uta Wunderlich, Gerhard Facchini, Gustavo Brocchi, Marcelo Duran, Nelson Costa, Fabio T. M. |
Abstract: | Violacein is a violet pigment extracted from the gram-negative bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum. It presents bactericidal, tumoricidal, trypanocidal, and antileishmanial activities. We show that micromolar concentrations efficiently killed chloroquine-sensitive and -resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains in vitro; inhibited parasitemia in vivo, even after parasite establishment; and protected Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi-infected mice from a lethal challenge |
Subject: | Violaceina Chromobacterium - Classificação In Vitro |
Country: | Estados Unidos |
Editor: | American Society for Microbiology |
Rights: | Fechado |
Identifier DOI: | 10.1128/AAC.00693-08 |
Address: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681540/ |
Date Issue: | 2009 |
Appears in Collections: | IB - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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