Antiparasitic activity of Colombian Amazon palm extracts against Giardia lamblia trophozoites: insights into cellular death mechanisms
These findings underscore the therapeutic potential of Colombian plant extracts in treating giardiasis, particularly highlighting the novel giardicidal activity of <i>Attalea butyracea</i> fruit extract and its promise for further therapeutic development.
Authors
- Marı́a C. Touz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-6896)
- Mariana Belén Joray
- María Isabel Múnera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7853-0261)
- Jerónimo Laiolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8971-9684)
- Vivian Villalba-Vizcaíno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0281-2796)
- Fabián Espitia-Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-5071)
- Andrea S. Rópolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2045-706X)
- Constanza Feliziani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7581-5816)
- Juan Javier García-Bustos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-4146)
- H. Öztürk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-7167)
- Gabriel Luna Pizarro
- Rocío G. Patolsky
- Paula Galeano
Institutions
- Universidad Católica de Córdoba (AR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (AR)
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KZ)
- University of Magdalena (CO)
- University of Atlántico (CO)
- Universidad Simón Bolívar (CO)
- Universidad de la Amazonia (CO)
- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (AR)
- Muğla University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1523880
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.05