Table 1.

Number (mean±SD) of promastigotes after adding tamoxifen or glucantime

Drug concentration (µg/ml)	Promastigotes no. ( × 106)
	24 hr	48 hr	72 hr
Tamoxifen 1	0.95 ± 0.08	0.56 ± 0.07	0.27 ± 0.01
Tamoxifen 5	0.28 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.04	0.05 ± 0.01
Tamoxifen 10	0.26 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.02	0
Tamoxifen 20	0.14 ± 0.03	0.01 ± 0.02	0
Tamoxifen 50	0.06 ± 0.02	0	0
Glucantime 50	0.74 ± 0.05	0.4 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.1
Glucantime 100	0.54 ± 0.09	0.31 ± 0.05	0.17 ± 0.09
Glucantime 200	0.51 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.05	0.1 ± 0.01
Glucantime 400	0.12 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.05	0
Control	1.07 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.06	1.28 ± 0.04