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Therapeutic Potential of Folk Plants Used Against Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free Living Amoeba (Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Naegleria) A Review

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  • Tania Tanveer

    (Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abdul-Aziz A. Bin-Dukhyil
  • Salik Nawaz

    (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Abdul Matin

    (Department of Medical Lab Technology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22620, Pakistan)

Abstract

Free living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic protozoa which are widely spread in our environment. Among these, three genera Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Naegleria are responsible for life threatening human brain infections involving central nervous system (CNS) with poor diagnosis. This is also contributed to poor understanding of the pathogenicity of FLA and limited availability of therapeutic options against them. The purpose of this review is to document the medicinal plants used against free living amoeba and critically review the literature on the anti-FLA properties of folk plants against emerging FLA infections. Information regarding FLA was collected from scientific databases like PubMed and scientific literatures based on published papers from Elsevier, Springer, Wiley publishers. An in-depth analysis of previous studies was undertaken and future prospective is considered..

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  • Tania Tanveer & Abdul-Aziz A. Bin-Dukhyil & Salik Nawaz & Abdul Matin, 2018. "Therapeutic Potential of Folk Plants Used Against Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free Living Amoeba (Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia and Naegleria) A Review," International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 4(1), pages 6-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijcsmb:v:4:y:2018:i:1:p:6-18
    DOI: 10.19080/IJCSMB.2018.03.555628
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