Figure 3. Effect of CD, LA and JAS on Giardia lamblia growth and encystation.

A, trophozoites cultured in presence of 10 µM CD (X), 1 µM LA (◊) and 1 µM JAS (Δ). The arrow in the figure indicates the time when the compounds were added. DMSO (□), the diluent of the compounds was used as control. B and C, DIC images from parasites cultured for 24 h in encystation medium containing 10 µM CD. Note the damages caused by the drug, depicted with white arrows.