Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that presents four main clinical syndromes: cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), visceral leishmaniasis/kala azar …

Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

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

Diseases caused by insect borne trypanosomatid parasites are significant, yet remain a
neglected public health problem. Leishmania, a unicellular protozoan parasite is the …

Leishmaniasis, usually caused by the genus Leishmania, has not received the attention it
deserves and in recent times has developed into a major health problem worldwide. 1, 2 …

The West African country Nigeria features highly diverse vegetation and climatic conditions
that range from rain forest bordering the Atlantic Ocean in the South to the Desert (Sahara) …

Leishmaniases are considered among the most neglected yet dangerous parasitic diseases
worldwide. According to the recent WHO report (Weekly Epidemiological Record, Sep …

A new concise construction of trans-clerodane diterpenoids is reported in which oxacyclic
and trans-hydronaphthalene fragments are coupled, and the critical C9-quaternary carbon …

This study was performed to investigate the mechanistic aspects of cell death induced by a
clerodane diterpene (K-09) in Leishmania donovani promastigotes that was previously …

Leishmaniasis is a clinical manifestation caused by the parasites of the genus Leishmania.
Plants are reservoirs of bioactive compounds, which are known to be chemically balanced …