Amoebicidal and trichomonicidal capacity of polymeric nanoparticles loaded with extracts of the plants Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) and Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

dc.creatorPacheco-Ordaz,Alejandra
dc.creatorSánchez-García,Eduardo
dc.creatorQuintanilla-Licea,Ramiro
dc.creatorBazaldúa-Rodríguez,Aldo-Fabio
dc.creatorPérez-Hernández,Raymundo-Alejandro
dc.creatorHernández-García,Magda-Elizabeth
dc.creatorBáez-González,Juan-Gabriel
dc.creatorCastro-Ríos,Rocío
dc.creatorElizondo-Luévano,Joel-Horacio
dc.creatorChávez-Montes,Abelardo
dc.date2022-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:33:49Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:33:49Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442022000100319
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8822242
dc.descriptionAbstract Introduction: Pathogenic protozoans, like Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis, represent a major health problem in tropical countries; and polymeric nanoparticles could be used to apply plant extracts against those parasites. Objective: To test Curcuma longa ethanolic extract and Berberis vulgaris methanolic extracts, and their main constituents, against two species of protozoans. Methods: We tested the extracts, as well as their main constituents, curcumin (Cur) and berberine (Ber), both non-encapsulated and encapsulated in polymeric nanoparticles (NPs), in vitro. We also determined nanoparticle characteristics by photon correlation spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and hemolytic capacity by hemolysis in healthy erythrocytes. Results: C. longa consisted mainly of tannins, phenols, and flavonoids; and B. vulgaris in alkaloids. Encapsulated particles were more effective (P < 0.001); however, curcumin and berberine nanoparticles were the most effective treatments. CurNPs had IC50 values (µg/mL) of 9.48 and 4.25, against E. histolytica and T. vaginalis, respectively, and BerNPs 0.24 and 0.71. The particle size and encapsulation percentage for CurNPs and BerNPs were 66.5 and 73.4 nm, and 83.59 and 76.48 %, respectively. The NPs were spherical and significantly reduced hemolysis when compared to non-encapsulated extracts. Conclusions: NPs represent a useful and novel bioactive compound delivery system for therapy in diseases caused by protozoans.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Rica
dc.relation10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v70i1.48746
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical v.70 n.1 2022
dc.subjectantiparasitic activity
dc.subjectberberine
dc.subjectcurcumin
dc.subjectdrug discovery
dc.subjectnanoparticles
dc.subjectnatural products.
dc.titleAmoebicidal and trichomonicidal capacity of polymeric nanoparticles loaded with extracts of the plants Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) and Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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