Table 3 Comparison of the effect of different MAT, AMB, NCMAT, and NCAMB concentrations with and without light on the average number of intra-macrophage amastigotes compared to the untreated control group (UC).
Concentration (µg/ml) | FNC | MAT | AMB | NCMAT | NCAMB | MAT + L | AMB + L | NCMAT + L | NCAMB + L | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | Mean ± SD | P value | |
0 (UC) | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR | 69.4 ± 0.8 | NR |
25 | 65.1 ± 0.6 | 0.37 | 48.1 ± 1.2 | < 0.001 | 50.1 ± 1.5 | < 0.001 | 44.6 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 | 46.1 ± 1.1 | < 0.001 | 48.5 ± 1.2 | < 0.001 | 50.3 ± 1.3 | < 0.001 | 40.4 ± 1.3 | < 0.001 | 45.1 ± 1.2 | < 0.001 |
50 | 62.1 ± 1.0 | 0.86 | 40.6 ± 0.9 | < 0.001 | 45.1 ± 1.4 | < 0.001 | 37. 2 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | 31.3 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | 39.2 ± 0.6 | < 0.001 | 40.1 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 | 36.1 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | 38.2 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 |
100 | 58.9 ± 0.9 | 0.31 | 35.1 ± 1.4 | < 0.001 | 37.2 ± 0.9 | < 0.001 | 23.4 ± 1.2 | < 0.001 | 27.4 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 | 25.3 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 | 29.8 ± 0.9 | < 0.001 | 12.3 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 | 17.8 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 |
200 | 52.4 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | 12.3 ± 0.2 | < 0.001 | 15.3 ± 0.7 | < 0.001 | 8.6 ± 0.2 | < 0.001 | 10.2 ± 0.1 | < 0.001 | 9.2 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 | 11.7 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 |
400 | 48.1 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | < 0.001 |