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. 2014 Jul 17;8(7):e2999. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002999

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
a

EC50 determined according to the percentage of infection.

b

EC50 determined according to the average number of amastigotes per infected macrophage.

c

EC50 ± standard deviation in µM. Results are the average of at least three independent experiments.

d

ND: not determined.