Table 1. Activity of MF against promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes of L. amazonensis wild-type strains and mutant MF150.3-1.
Promastigotes | Amastigotes | |||||
Survival | % Infectiona | Number of intracellular amastigotesb | ||||
EC50 c | EC90 | EC50 | EC90 | EC50 | EC90 | |
L. amazonensis M2269 | 19.9±2.2 | 34.0 | 2.8±1.1 | 14.4 | 2.4±1.2 | 12.5 |
L. amazonensis 2506 | 47.0±3.9 | 64.1 | 12.7±4.1 | 23.5 | 10.6±4.2 | 32.8 |
MF150.3-1 | 167.3±16.8 | 204.3 | >40 | NDd | >40 | ND |
EC50 determined according to the percentage of infection.
EC50 determined according to the average number of amastigotes per infected macrophage.
EC50 ± standard deviation in µM. Results are the average of at least three independent experiments.
ND: not determined.