Abstract

The effect of Marigold flower extracts on growth of Leishmania.

Highlights

  • No vaccine available to protect people against infection, the main methods used to control it is vector-control, drug treatment of clinical cases or control of reservoir hosts, e.g. culling dogs infected with VL [1,2]

  • This study demonstrated that crude extracts from Calendula officinalis inhibited the growth of Leishmania major, L. donovani and L

  • The leishmanicidal activity of of both aqueous and methanol extracts of marigold plant flower Calendula officinalis was tested against three leishmanial species

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Introduction

No vaccine available to protect people against infection, the main methods used to control it is vector-control, drug treatment of clinical cases or control of reservoir hosts, e.g. culling dogs infected with VL [1,2]. ‫الجلدية‪.‬‬ ‫‪Keywords: Inhibitory, marigold plant extract, Calendula officinalis, Leishmania sp.‬‬ The current study was undertaken to assess the potency of the marigold both aqueous extract and methanol used for treatment of Leishmania major promastigotes effect on growth of parasite.

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