Table 3.
Groups | Proportion of promastigotes in different stages of cell cycle (% ± SD) | |||
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Sub G0 | G0/G1 | S | M/G2 | |
Untreated control | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 67.5 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 0.3 | 20.9 ± 2.1 |
2 | 3.0 ± 0.2** | 52.3 ± 1.1** | 13.7 ± 0.7** | 26.4 ± 0.1* |
Miltefosine | 10.1 ± 0.2*** | 36.4 ± 1.3*** | 12.3 ± 0.1* | 31.4 ± 0.5** |
Sub G0: fragmented DNA, cell death; G0/G1: diploid cells (2N); S: DNA replication; G2/M: cells with duplicated DNA content; SD: Standard deviation. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001.