Lianet Monzote

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Affiliation: Ciudad de La Habana
Country: Cuba

Publications

  1. ncbi Comparative chemical, cytotoxicity and antileishmanial properties of essential oils from Chenopodium ambrosioides
    Lianet Monzote
    Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Nat Prod Commun 6:281-6. 2011
  2. ncbi Activity of the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides grown in Cuba against Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba
    Chemotherapy 52:130-6. 2006
  3. ncbi Mitochondria as a promising antiparasitic target
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13 Ciudad Habana, Cuba
    Curr Clin Pharmacol 5:55-60. 2010
  4. ncbi Chemistry, cytotoxicity and antileishmanial activity of the essential oil from Piper auritum
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 105:168-73. 2010
  5. ncbi Assessment of the knowledge of graphical symbols labelled on malaria rapid diagnostic tests in four international settings
    Veerle Hermans
    Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Unit of Tropical Laboratory Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
    Malar J 10:331. 2011
  6. ncbi Effect of thiadiazine derivatives on intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99:329-30. 2004
  7. ncbi Mitochondria and trypanosomatids: targets and drugs
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
    Pharm Res 28:2758-70. 2011
  8. ncbi Activity of Cuban propolis extracts on Leishmania amazonensis and Trichomonas vaginalis
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana City, Cuba
    Nat Prod Commun 6:973-6. 2011
  9. ncbi Antileishmanial patents antileishmanial current drugs and relevant patents
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 6:1-26. 2011
  10. ncbi Effect of oral treatment with the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides against cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice, caused by Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana City, Cuba
    Forsch Komplementmed 16:334-8. 2009

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Publications22

  1. ncbi Comparative chemical, cytotoxicity and antileishmanial properties of essential oils from Chenopodium ambrosioides
    Lianet Monzote
    Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Nat Prod Commun 6:281-6. 2011
    ..ambrosioides but did change their cytotoxicity, which should be taken into account in further studies...
  2. ncbi Activity of the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides grown in Cuba against Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba
    Chemotherapy 52:130-6. 2006
    ..Current therapy against leishmaniasis is unsatisfactory. Efficacious and safe new drugs are needed. In this study, we show the leishmanicidal effect of an essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides against Leishmania amazonensis...
  3. ncbi Mitochondria as a promising antiparasitic target
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13 Ciudad Habana, Cuba
    Curr Clin Pharmacol 5:55-60. 2010
    ..This review presents a compilation about the knowledge and understanding of the action of therapeutic agents on mitochondria from parasites and their future perspectives...
  4. ncbi Chemistry, cytotoxicity and antileishmanial activity of the essential oil from Piper auritum
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 105:168-73. 2010
    ..The Piper-oil inhibited the growing of intracellular amastigotes of L. donovani with an IC50 value of 22.3 +/- 1.8 microg/mL. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the essential oils as a promising alternative to treat leishmaniasis...
  5. ncbi Assessment of the knowledge of graphical symbols labelled on malaria rapid diagnostic tests in four international settings
    Veerle Hermans
    Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Unit of Tropical Laboratory Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
    Malar J 10:331. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  6. ncbi Effect of thiadiazine derivatives on intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99:329-30. 2004
    ..This activity suggests that thiadiazine derivatives could be considered as potential antileishmanial compounds...
  7. ncbi Mitochondria and trypanosomatids: targets and drugs
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
    Pharm Res 28:2758-70. 2011
    ....
  8. ncbi Activity of Cuban propolis extracts on Leishmania amazonensis and Trichomonas vaginalis
    Lianet Monzote Fidalgo
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana City, Cuba
    Nat Prod Commun 6:973-6. 2011
    ..Cuban propolis extracts demonstrated activity against both intracellular and extracellular protozoa model, as well as the potentialities of propolis as a natural source to obtain new antiprotozoal agents...
  9. ncbi Antileishmanial patents antileishmanial current drugs and relevant patents
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 6:1-26. 2011
    ..Nevertheless, advances in the understanding of new metabolic pathways and drug targets in the parasite could offer new alternatives to treatment of leishmaniasis...
  10. ncbi Effect of oral treatment with the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides against cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice, caused by Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana City, Cuba
    Forsch Komplementmed 16:334-8. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the antileishmanial effect of Chenopodium oil administered by the oral route at different doses and to compare its action to conventional, clinically used drugs...
  11. ncbi In vitro activity of an essential oil against Leishmania donovani
    L Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Phytother Res 21:1055-8. 2007
    ..The phagocytic activity of the macrophages was preserved at a concentration toxic to the parasite. The essential oil from C. ambrosioides may be a potential candidate drug to development a new agent to combat this parasitic disease...
  12. ncbi A review of anti-parasitic patents (1988-2008)
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 3:177-91. 2008
    ..The discovery of new antiparasitic drugs to obtain a solution to million of people who suffer and die due to parasitic diseases is an urgent need...
  13. ncbi Combined effect of the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides and antileishmanial drugs on promastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 49:257-60. 2007
    ..However, an indifferent effect has been found for combinations of meglumine antimoniate or amphotericin B and the essential oil...
  14. ncbi Activity, toxicity and analysis of resistance of essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides after intraperitoneal, oral and intralesional administration in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis: a preliminary study
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13, Havana City, Cuba
    Biomed Pharmacother 61:148-53. 2007
    ..amazonensis isolates obtained from treated mice. These data clearly demonstrated that this natural product could be an alternative for the development of a new drug against cutaneous leishmaniasis based in the ethnomedical information...
  15. ncbi In vitro activities of thiadiazine derivatives against Leishmania amazonensis
    Lianet Monzote
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de la Habana Cuba
    Arzneimittelforschung 55:232-8. 2005
    ..However, the compounds exhibited high toxicity and provoked inhibition of the phagocytosis in the murine host cell...
  16. ncbi Screening of medicinal plants against Leishmania amazonensis
    Marley García
    Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana City, Cuba
    Pharm Biol 48:1053-8. 2010
    ..Natural products are attractive due to their structural diversity...
  17. ncbi Antileishmanial assessment of leaf extracts from Pluchea carolinensis, Pluchea odorata and Pluchea rosea
    Marley García
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Medicine Tropical Pedro Kourí, Havana City, Cuba
    Asian Pac J Trop Med 4:836-40. 2011
    ..To evaluate the antileishmanial activity of different extracts from three Cuban Pluchea species...
  18. ncbi Toxic effects of carvacrol, caryophyllene oxide, and ascaridole from essential oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides on mitochondria
    Lianet Monzote
    Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Apartado Postal No 601, Marianao 13, Havana City, Cuba
    Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 240:337-47. 2009
    ....
  19. ncbi Effect of Bixa orellana against Leishmania amazonensis
    Marley García
    Departmento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Forsch Komplementmed 18:351-3. 2011
    ..In the present study, an activity of Bixa orellana extract against Leishmania amazonensis was demonstrated...
  20. ncbi Activity of Cuban Plants Extracts against Leishmania amazonensis
    Marley García
    Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Apdo Postal No 601, Havana 10400, Cuba
    ISRN Pharmacol 2012:104540. 2012
    ..Furthermore, their toxicity was assayed against murine macrophage. The three most potent extracts against the amastigote stage of Leishmania amazonensis were from Hura crepitans, Bambusa vulgaris, and Simarouba glauca...
  21. ncbi [PCR-RFLP and RAPD for typing neotropical Leishmania]
    Ana Margarita Montalvo
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto Pedro Kouri, La Habana, Cuba
    Biomedica 28:597-606. 2008
    ..The analysis of the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and random amplified polymorphic DNA have been useful tools for Leishmania identification...
  22. ncbi Antimalarial activity of new acridinone derivatives
    Aymé Fernández-Calienes
    Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Autopista Novia del Mediodía Km 6, Marianao 13, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
    Biomed Pharmacother 65:210-4. 2011
    ..2 ?g/mL with SI greater than 100. In molecular tests, no relevant inhibitory activity was obtained for our compounds. The mechanism of acridinones antimalarial action remains unclear...