In vitro anti-Leishmania infantum activity of essential oil from Piper angustifolium
AUTOR(ES)
Bosquiroli, Lauriane S.S., Demarque, Daniel P., Rizk, Yasmin S., Cunha, Marillin C., Marques, Maria Carolina S., Matos, Maria de Fátima C., Kadri, Mônica C.T., Carollo, Carlos A., Arruda, Carla C.P.
FONTE
Rev. bras. farmacogn.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2015-04
RESUMO
Abstract Piper angustifolium Lam., Piperaceae, popularly known as "matito", "pimenta-de-macaco", "pimenta-longa" or "jagurandi" in Brazil, has been commonly used in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis-associated lesions, but there are few studies on the activity against visceral leishmaniasis-associated species. This study demonstrates the first in vitro antileishmanial activity of the P. angustifolium essential oil, of which the phytochemical profile showed the presence of sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes. The main compounds were spathulenol (23.8%) and caryophyllene oxide (13.1%). P. angustifolium essential oil was highly active [the half maximum inhibitory concentration = 1.43 μg/ml] against intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania infantum, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis in the New and Old World. Activity was obtained 24 h after addition of the oil (6.25–50 μg/ml), with a reduction of 100% in the infection index at concentrations of 25 and 50 μg/ml. P. angustifolium essential oil showed low cytotoxicity for mammalian fibroblasts and macrophages (the half maximum inhibitory concentration values of 31.67 and 48.22 μg/ml, respectively), and it was 33 and 22 times more toxic to amastigotes than to mammalian cells, as indicated by selectivity indexes. The results demonstrated that P. angustifolium essential oil is a promising alternative for the study of potential drugs for visceral leishmaniasis.
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