Violacein extracted from Chromobacterium violaceum inhibits Plasmodium growth in vitro and in vivo.
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Violacein extracted from Chromobacterium violaceum inhibits Plasmodium growth in vitro and in vivo.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):2149-52
Authors: Lopes SC, Blanco YC, Justo GZ, Nogueira PA, Rodrigues FL, Goelnitz U, Wunderlich G, Facchini G, Brocchi M, Duran N, Costa FT
Violacein is a violet pigment extracted from the gram-negative bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum. It presents bactericidal, tumoricidal, trypanocidal, and antileishmanial activities. We show that micromolar concentrations efficiently killed chloroquine-sensitive and -resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains in vitro; inhibited parasitemia in vivo, even after parasite establishment; and protected Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi-infected mice from a lethal challenge.
PMID: 19273690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] [PubMed-Malaria]
