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Drug combination studies of curcumin and genistein against rhodesain of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Santo PrevitiSantina MaioranaSilvana GrassoAlessandro AllegraRoberta EttariTanja SchirmeisterMaria Zappalàsubject
Drugbiology010405 organic chemistryChemistrymedia_common.quotation_subjectOrganic Chemistryfood and beveragesGenisteinTrypanosoma brucei rhodesienseCombination indexPlant SciencePharmacologybiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesBiochemistryCysteine protease0104 chemical sciencesAnalytical Chemistry010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundBiological propertyCurcuminCurcumin genistein rhodesain drug combination studies synergismCurcumamedia_commondescription
Curcumin and genistein are two natural products obtained from Curcuma longa L. and soybeans, endowed with many biological properties. Within the last years they were shown to possess also a promising antitrypanosomal activity. In the present paper, we investigated the activity of both curcumin and genistein against rhodesain, the main cysteine protease of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; drug combination studies, according to Chou and Talalay method, allowed us to demonstrate a potent synergistic effect for the combination curcumin-genistein. As a matter of fact, with our experiments we observed that the combination index of curcumin-genistein is < 1 for the reduction from 10 to 90% of rhodesain activity.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | Natural Product Research |