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<journal-id>1812-9528</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1812-9528</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1812-95282022000200006</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2022.020.02.06</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación biológica in vitro del extracto etanólico de Kaa tái, Polygonum punctatum Elliot. (POLYGONACEAE)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[In vitro biological evaluation of the ethanolic extract of Ka&#8217;a tái, Polygonum punctatum Elliot. (POLYGONACEAE)]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benítez-Apodaca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fátima]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Portillo-Torales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nilda Elizabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvarenga-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eliana Andrea]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tomás Rodrigo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cáceres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yessica]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Galeano-Chena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Riveros-Maidana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rocío Lucía Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Laterza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Eugenia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bertoni]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bonifacia Benítez-de]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yaluff]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gloria]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Departamento de Biología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Departamento de Medicina Tropical]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>6</fpage>
<lpage>12</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En Paraguay, así como en las Américas, la leishmaniasis constituye una de las problemáticas de salud pública importante, debido a su complejidad tanto epidemiológica, clínica y biológica, afectando especialmente a los más pobres y en los países en vía de desarrollo. Polygonum punctatum Elliot. pertenece a la familia Polygonaceae, la medicina popular le atribuye varias propiedades, por medio de estudios anteriores se confirma que diferentes extractos de esta planta presentan actividad antibacteriana, antiinflamatoria y antifúngica. En este trabajo, se evaluó la actividad citotóxica del extracto etanólico de Polygonum punctatum de la familia Polygonaceae en concentraciones de 100, 50 y 25 µg/ml en células de macrófagos de ratones, en los cuales no se encontró actividad citotóxica. Además, se evaluó la actividad leishmanicida por medio de estudios experimentales in vitro a concentraciones de 100, 75, 50, 25, 20 y 10 µg/ml frente a tres cepas de parásitos: Leishmania infantum, L. amazonensis y L. braziliensis, en los cuales se observó una actividad de 58 y 56% de lisis de parásitos con el extracto de 100µg/ml frente a las cepas de L. braziliensis y L. infantum, respectivamente y 51% para L. amazonensis. Estos resultados son prometedores, y aportan una base para el desarrollo y búsqueda de nuevos tratamientos para la leishmaniasis, sin embargo, son necesarios estudios posteriores en cuanto a aislamiento e identificación del compuesto y evaluación en modelos animales in vivo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In Paraguay, as well as in the Americas, leishmaniasis constitutes one of the important public health problems, due to its epidemiological, clinical, and biological complexity, especially affecting the poorest and developing countries. Polygonum punctatum Elliot belongs to the Polygonaceae family, and popular medicine attributes several properties to it. Previous studies confirmed that different extracts of this plant have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antifungal activity. In this work, the cytotoxic activity of the ethanolic extract of Polygonum punctatum was evaluated at concentrations of 100, 50 and 25 µg/ml in mouse macrophage cells, in which no cytotoxic activity was found. In addition, the leishmanicidal activity was evaluated through experimental in vitro studies at concentrations 100, 75, 50, 25, 20 and 10 µg/ml against three strains of parasites: Leishmania infantum, L. amazonensis and L. braziliensis. Activities of 58 and 56% of parasite lysis were observed with the 100 µg/ml extract against strains of L. braziliensis and L. infantum, respectively, and 51% for L. amazonensis. These results are promising and provide a basis for the development and search of a new treatment for leishmaniasis. However, further studies are necessary regarding the isolation and identification of the compound and its evaluation in in vivo animal models.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Leishmaniasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Polygonum punctatum]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Leishmaniasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Polygonum punctatum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[in vitro]]></kwd>
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