Unloaded polyisobutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles: efficiency against bloodstream trypanosomes

Abstract
The potential use of polyisobutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles in antiparasitic chemotherapy is described. The nanoparticles on their own proved to have trypanocidal activity against Trypanosoma brucei brucei in-vitro but not against Trichomonas vaginalis or Entamoeba histolytica. The trypanocidal activity was partly confirmed in-vivo with T. brucei-infected mice.