J 2017

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

SAK, Bohumil, Anna JANDOVÁ, Karel DOLEŽAL, Martin KVÁČ, Dana KVĚTOŇOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

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

Authors

SAK, Bohumil (203 Czech Republic), Anna JANDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Karel DOLEŽAL (203 Czech Republic), Martin KVÁČ (203 Czech Republic), Dana KVĚTOŇOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Lenka HLÁSKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Michael ROST (203 Czech Republic), Milan OLŠANSKÝ (203 Czech Republic), Wisnu NURCAHYO (360 Indonesia) and Ivona FOITOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Experimental Parasitology, San Diego, USA, ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2017, 0014-4894

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.821

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095484

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000411298100013

Keywords in English

Molecular detection; Antifungal; Plant extract; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; In vivo

Tags

Změněno: 3/4/2018 13:41, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GAP505/11/1163, research and development project
Name: Protizánětlivá aktivita extraktů z rostlin Indonésie a jejich účinek na průběh oportunních parazitóz
Investor: Czech Science Foundation