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Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, Vol. 77 No. 4, 2012.

Review article

Antiprotozoal Activity of Essential Oils

Lianet Monzote ; Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”, Departamento de Parasitología, Apartado Postal No. 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
Oswald Alarcón ; Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”, Departamento de Parasitología, Apartado Postal No. 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
William N. Setzer ; University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Chemistry, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA

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Abstract

In the present scenario of protozoal infections, new drugs are urgently needed to treat and control infections such as malaria, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and intestinal infections, which affect millions of people each year. In this review, we are focusing on articles related to antiprotozoal essential oils extracted from plants that have been published during the last 20 years. The data analyzed indicate that essential oils could be promising antiprotozoal agents, opening perspectives to the discovery of more effective drugs of vegetal origin for the treatment of diseases caused by protozoa.

Keywords

essential oils; parasite; Leishmania; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma; Giardia; Trichomonas

Hrčak ID:

97500

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/97500

Publication date:

18.12.2012.

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