Antimalarial potential of leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

作者：Cysne Dalila Nunes; Fortes Thiare Silva; Reis Aramys Silva; Ribeiro Bruno de Paulo; Ferreira Amalia dos Santos; Mendonca do Amaral Flavia Maria; Meireles Guerra Rosane Nassar; Farias Marinho Claudio Romero; Nicolete Roberto; Fernandes Nascimento Flavia Raquel

来源：Parasitology Research, 2016, 115(11): 4327-4334.

DOI：10.1007/s00436-016-5216-x

• Chenopodium ambrosioides
• Plasmodium
• Malaria
• Treatment

In an effort to identify novel therapeutic alternatives for the treatment of malaria, the present study evaluated the antimalarial effect of the crude hydroalcoholic extract (HCE) from the leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. For this purpose, the molecular affinity between the total proteins from erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum and HCE or chloroquine was evaluated by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Subsequently, the plasmodicidal potential of HCE was assessed in a P. falciparum culture. Using BALB/c mice infected with Plasmodium berghei intraperitoneally (ip.), we evaluated the effects of ip. treatment, for three consecutive days (day 7, 8, and 9 after infection), with chloroquine (45 mg/kg) or HCE (5 mg/kg), considering the survival index and the parasitaemia. The groups were compared to an untreated control group that receives only PBS at the same periods. The results indicated that HCE could bind to the total proteins of infected erythrocytes and could inhibit the parasite growth in vitro (IC50 = 25.4 g/mL). The in vivo therapeutic treatment with HCE increased the survival and decreased the parasitaemia in the infected animals. Therefore, the HCE treatment exhibited a significant antiplasmodial effect and may be considered as a potential candidate for the development of new antimalarial drugs.

• 出版日期2016-11