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. 2020 Nov 14;25(22):5321. doi: 10.3390/molecules25225321

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effect of curcumin (CUR) on energy metabolism in T. vaginalis. (A) Effect of CUR on the T. vaginalis hydrogenosomal enzyme pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidorreductase (PfoD) mRNA expression levels, as revealed by RT-qPCR. Data are expressed relative to T. vaginalis β-tubulin mRNA expression levels (n = 3) (** p < 0.01). (B) Effect of CUR on hydrogenosomal membrane potential (ΔΨm), as revealed by JC-1 fluorescent probe, on T. vaginalis trophozoites incubated for 2 h under microaerobic conditions in MDM with 100 μM CUR. Untreated T. vaginalis trophozoites were included as control. Data are expressed in fluorescence arbitrary units (AU). (n = 5) (** p < 0.01).