Fig. 6From: Germacranolide-type sesquiterpene lactones from Smallanthus sonchifolius with promising activity against Leishmania mexicana and Trypanosoma cruzi Ultrastructural effects of the STLs on L. mexicana promastigotes. Parasites were incubated with medium alone (a) as negative control or 0.5 μg/ml of either enhydrin (b), polymatin B (c) or uvedalin (d). Magnification: 3200× (b-d); 3600× (a). Scale-bar: 1 μm. Abbreviations: N nucleus, Mc mitochondria, F flagellum, V vacuoles, GI glycosomes, mL multilamellar structure; **, destroyed parasiteBack to article page