Kriptsan Abdon Poletto Diel, Paulo Cesar Santana Filho, Pablo Pitol Silveira, Rafaela Laura Ribeiro, Paula Coelho Teixeira, Luiz Carlos Rodrigues Júnior, Lucas Cardoso Marinho, Pedro Roosevelt Torres Romão, Gilsane Lino von Poser
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Species of Vismia (Hypericaceae), known in Brazil as "lacre", are commonly used in traditional Amazonian medicine for the treatment of skin lesions, including those caused by Leishmania infection. AIM OF THE STUDY: Hexane extracts from the leaves of Vismia cayennensis, V. gracilis, V. sandwithii and V. guianensis, as well as from the fruits of the latter, in addition to the anthraquinones vismiaquinone, physcion and chrysophanol isolated from these species were explored for their anti-promastigote and anti-amastigote activity on Leishmania amazonensis...
March 14, 2024: Journal of Ethnopharmacology