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. 2019 Mar 29;10:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.03.003

Table 1.

Trypanocidal activity of AS-48 and BZN on the three developmental forms of T. cruzi strains. Toxicity on Vero cells.

Comp. Activity IC50 (μM)a
Activity IC50 (μM)a
Activity IC50 (μM)a
Toxicity IC50/72 h (μM)
Vero cell
Arequipa strain
SN3 strain
Tulahuen strain
E/72 h A/72 h T/24 h E/72 h A/72 h T/24 h E/72 h A/72 h T/24 h
BZN 16.86 ± 1.81 8.25 ± 0.72 12.35 ± 1.14 36.51 ± 2.44 16.62 ± 1.46 36.09 ± 3.12 19.72 ± 1.75 9.96 ± 0.84 15.09 ± 1.30 80.35 ± 7.08
AS-48 0.76 ± 0.11 0.99 ± 0.13 0.17 ± 0.04 1.16 ± 0.18 6.81 ± 0.89 0.11 ± 0.02 0.82 ± 0.11 1.98 ± 0.22 0.19 ± 0.03 93.06 ± 5.67
a

IC50 = concentration (μM) required to inhibit 50% population, calculated using GraphPad Prism 6. Results are averages of three separate determinations ± standard deviation. E, epimastigote forms. A, amastigote forms. T, trypomastigote forms.