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-Chlorotaurine shows high activity against promastigotes and amastigotes of species Free

Abstract

Protozoan parasites of the genus are the causative agents of life-threatening visceral as well as cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. First-line drugs are antimonials, but toxicity and resistance in some endemic areas cause serious problems. In the current study, the antileishmanial activity of the weak oxidant -chlorotaurine (NCT) was investigated. NCT is a derivative of the amino acid taurine produced by granulocytes and monocytes during oxidative burst, but can also be synthesized chemically and used topically as an antiseptic at a concentration of 1 % (55 mM) . NCT susceptibility tests were performed with promastigotes and amastigotes of and . As NHCl is known to increase the activity of NCT by the formation of monochloramine (NHCl), co-treatment assays were included in the study. Mean EC values after 1 h of treatment were 5.94 mM for and 9.8 mM for promastigotes. Co-treatment with 5.5 mM NCT plus 19 mM NHCl led to complete killing of promastigotes of both strains within 15 min. Amastigotes were inactivated by treatment with 2 mM NCT alone. The results of this study indicate a high potential of NCT against species.

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Keyword(s): NCT, N-chlorotaurine
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N-Chlorotaurine shows high in vitro activity against promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania species
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