%0 Journal Article
%T Immunological and microbiological activity of Davilla elliptica St. Hill. (Dilleniaceae) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
%A Lopes
%A Fl¨¢via Cristine Mascia
%A Placeres
%A Marisa Campos Polesi
%A Jord£¿o Junior
%A Cleso Mendon£¿a
%A Higuchi
%A C¨¦lio Takashi
%A Rinaldo
%A Daniel
%A Vilegas
%A Wagner
%A Leite
%A Clarice Queico Fujimura
%A Carlos
%A Iracilda Zeppone
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 2007
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000086
%X mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for over 8 million cases of tuberculosis (tb) annually. natural products may play important roles in the chemotherapy of tb. the immunological activity of davilla elliptica chloroform extract (dece) was evaluated in vitro by the determination of hydrogen peroxide (h2o2), nitric oxide (no), and tumor necrosis factor-a (tnf-a) release in peritoneal macrophages cultures. dece was also tested for its antimycobacterial activity against m. tuberculosis using the microplate alamar blue assay. dece (50, 150, 250 ¦Ìg/ml) stimulated the production of h2o2 (from 1,79 ¡À 0,23 to 7,27 ¡À 2,54; 15,02 ¡À 2,86; 20,5 ¡À 2,1 nmols) (means ¡À sd), no (from 2,64 ¡À 1,02 to 25,59 ¡À 2,29; 26,68 ¡À 2,41; 29,45 ¡À 5,87 ¦Ìmols) (means ¡À sd) and tnf-a (from 2,44 ¡À 1,46 to 30,37 ¡À 8,13; 38,68 ¡À 1,59; 41,6 ¡À 0,90 units/ml) (means ¡À sd) in a dose-dependent manner and also showed a promising antimycobacterial activity with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 62,5 ¦Ìg/ml. this plant may have therapeutic potential in the immunological and microbiological control of tb.
%K davilla elliptica
%K antimycobacterial activity
%K immunological activity.
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