Amoebicidal activity of curcumin on Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites.

Itzia Azucena Rangel-CastañedaJosé Manuel Hernández-HernándezArmando Pérez-RangelSirenia González-PozosPilar Carranza-RosalesClaudia Lisette Charles-NiñoGabriela Tapia-PastranaMario Alberto Ramírez-HerreraAraceli Castillo-Romero

Published in: The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology (2018)

This is the first report evaluating the effectiveness of curcumin against E. histolytica. Our results suggest that CUR could be considered for evaluation in future pharmacological studies as a promising amoebicidal agent or as complementary therapy.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
current status
case control
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
cell therapy
clinical evaluation