Publications by authors named "Nuria Llurba Montesino"

As part of our studies on antiprotozoal activity of approved herbal medicinal products, we previously found that a commercial tincture from L. (common Sage, Lamiaceae) possesses high activity against , causative agent of East African Human Trypanosomiasis. We have now investigated in detail the antitrypanosomal constituents of this preparation.

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Natural products from plants have been used since ancestral times to treat a wide variety of diseases worldwide. Plants of the genus (Sage) have been reported to be used for the prevention and treatment of various diseases and ailments. In particular, some species have been used in traditional medicine to treat diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the genera , and and scientific studies have demonstrated the activity of various isolated constituents from these plants against these pathogens.

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Sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, and Malaria are infectious diseases caused by unicellular eukaryotic parasites ("protozoans"). The three first mentioned are classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by the World Health Organization and together threaten more than one billion lives worldwide. Due to the lack of research interest and the high increase of resistance against the existing treatments, the search for effective and safe new therapies is urgently required.

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