Effect of Extracts of the Endemic Plants Centaurea lydia and Phlomis nissolii on Toxoplasma gondii.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the potential antitoxoplasma activities of extracts of the endemic plants Centaurea lydia and Phlomis nissolii in a fibroblast cell culture infected with T. gondii trophozoites.

Methods: WI-38 cell lines treated with plant extracts (55 μg/mL each) and an untreated control were infected with 5×105 T.