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Leishmaniosis is a tropical neglected parasitic disease that is endemic in many countries, including
Middle East, with no existing effective vaccines. The bite of female sand-fly transmits the causative agent, Leishmania
spp., to humans. High toxicity, resistance and treatment failure of the available chemotherapy against visceral
leishmaniosis demands the investigation of new anti-leishmanial compounds. Lupeol is a form of triterpene isolated
from several medicinal plants and possesses an antimicrobial property. In this study, cytotoxic effect of lupeol was
screened against the mammalian amastigotes form and insect promastigote form of Leishmania donovani, following
three cycles of incubation at different concentrations by MTT assay. Resul
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