Table 2.
In vitro anti-T. cruzi (amastigotes, CA-I/72 strain) activity of DBAs (IC50), cytotoxicity in infected C2C12 cell line (CC50) and selectivity index (SI) in the time-course evaluation
DBA | IC50, CC50 (μM) ± SD and SI |
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8 h |
12 h |
24 h |
48 h |
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IC50 | CC50 | SI | IC50 | CC50 | SI | IC50 | CC50 | SI | IC50 | CC50 | SI | |
1 | >100 | 12.20 ± 1.15 | ND | 76.78 ± 1.39 | 2.00 ± 0.42 | 0.02 | 37.53 ± 1.01 | 0.28 ± 0.04 | 0.007 | 14.61 ± 1.10 | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.002 |
2 | >100 | 40.73 ± 1.07 | ND | >100 | 3.03 ± 0.79 | ND | >100 | 0.33 ± 0.41 | ND | >100 | 0.02 ± 0.03 | ND |
3 | >100 | 29.81 ± 1.32 | ND | 63.30 ± 3.87 | 2.79 ± 0.30 | 0.04 | 62.08 ± 1.52 | 0.21 ± 0.13 | 0.003 | 3.72 ± 0.56 | 0.22 ± 0.17 | 0.05 |
4 | >100 | >100 | ND | >100 | 60.41 ± 1.11 | ND | >100 | 2.98 ± 0.24 | ND | 34.47 ± 0.94 | 0.66 ± 0.29 | 0.01 |
5 | >100 | 93.29 ± 0.42 | ND | >100 | 10.55 ± 1.26 | ND | >100 | 0.30 ± 0.02 | ND | >100 | 0.20 ± 0.01 | ND |
CUR | >100 | 60.34 ± 1.54 | ND | >100 | 9.95 ± 1.17 | ND | 51.65 ± 1.26 | 1.88 ± 0.17 | 0.03 | 2.25 ± 0.65 | 0.47 ± 0.09 | 0.20 |
BZ | >10 | >10 | ND | 6.85 ± 1.56 | 3.98 ± 0.31 | 0.58 | 5.97 ± 1.20 | 3.48 ± 0.70 | 0.58 | 1.54 ± 0.36 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 0.17 |
Abbreviations: SI, selectivity index (values determined by CC50/IC50); BZ, benznidazole (positive control for Chagas disease); CUR, curcumin (reference curcuminoid); ND, not determined.