Figure 5.

BALB/c peritoneal macrophages infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated for 24 h with Aniba rosaeodora essential oil or linalool. (A–D) Parameters of infection and (E) light microscopy after A. rosaeodora or linalool treatment at 1000 or 500 μg/mL respectively. Intracellular amastigotes inside macrophages (black arrows) and non-internalized parasite (red arrows). The images and data (mean ± standard deviation) represent two independent experiments performed in quadruplicate. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 when compared with untreated infected cells by Kruskal–Wallis and Dunn’s multiple comparison test. Giemsa, 40× objective.