Fig. 2.

Lipid modifications in amastigotes. Lipid quantification was made by GC as detailed in materials and methods. The bars represent the ratio amastigote/promastigote for lipid quantities calculated as nmol/mg protein. Data are the means ± SD of 3 independent determinations. PL phospholipids, TG triacylglycerols, FA free fatty acids, C cholesterol, ERG ergosterol. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, significant differences between promastigote and amastigote by t test