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Leishmaniasis is a widespread parasitic disease caused by Leishmania parasite, this disease
considers a major health problem among worldwide. Treatments available are expensive or with cytotoxic side
effect. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of an herbal new compound, called artemisinin, derived
from a Chinese plant called Artemisia annua. Various concentrations were studied in vitro against L. tropica
amastigotes by chamber counting to investigate its effect on the proliferation of promastigotes. Three incubation
periods were adopted (24, 48, 72) hours. The results showed a significant decrease in surviving promastigotes,
in parallel with the normal parasite count of untreated promastigotes, along the periods studied. Th
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