Mankind has always been fascinated with nature and have heavily explored natural
products since the ancient times. Evolution of diseases led to research on synthetic …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (Myrtaceae), commonly
known as “jambolão” in Brazil is widely used in folk medicine against leishmaniasis …

Edible mushrooms have been increasingly introduced into the human diet, which has driven
research into their functional properties. Thus, Agaricus brasiliensis Murill or Agaricus blazei …

Objective Plant extracts and plant-derived compounds are valuable sources as folk
medicine for the treatment and prevention of a wide range of diseases including infectious …

Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem, and the alarming spread of parasite
resistance has increased the importance of discovering new therapeutic products. The …

Context: Leishmaniasis is a complex disease with a broad spectrum of clinical
presentations. Objective: We evaluated the anti-leishmanial effects of Nigella sativa …

The study reported here aimed to develop an optimized nanoparticle delivery system for
amphotericin B (AmpB) using a polyelectrolyte complexation technique. For this, two …

This study evaluated the effects of 2-amino-thiophene derivatives on the promastigote and
amastigote forms of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and their possible mechanisms …

Caryocar coriaceum fruits, found in Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga, are commonly used as
food and in folk medicine, as anti‐inflammatory, bactericide, fungicide, leishmanicide, and …

Leishmaniasis is a complex of parasitic protozoan diseases caused by more than 20
different species of parasites from Leishmania genus. Conventional treatments are high …