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The culture was left at 37°C in 5% CO 2 for 2 hours, which resulted in the phagocytosis of about 10 bacteria per macrophage.
In Belize the crushed leaf of Petiveria alliacea is put on the dog's nose to improve its ability to follow a scent [ 109 ] . Kojoroot or Kudjuruk ( Petiveria alliacea ) is considered a charm and a medicine for aches, pain, snakebites and respiratory conditions in Dominica, Bolivia, Columbia, Peru and Eastern Nicaragua [ 16 96 53 108 ] . The plant can stimulate the phagocytosis activity of the reticulo-endothelelial system and has antibacterial effects [ 61 108 ] . The plant contains isoarborinol, isoarborinol-cinnamate and sulphide compounds, which give it a smell of onions or garlic [ 86 50 ] . The strong garlic smell may suggest the various uses of the plant (Doctrine of Signatures), however this aspect was not noted in the meticulous data compiled on Middle America [ 86 ] . It is difficult to assess which medicinal properties of the plant could help in making dogs more alert.
Finally, generation of ROS during phagocytosis has been implicated in inactivation of lysosomal enzymes [ 13 14 ] . It is conceivable that an elevation of lysosomal pH to as high as 6.5-7.
Although direct measurements of lysosomal oxidative activity in live cells were not available before the present study, several lines of evidence did point to a regulatory mechanism in phagolysosomes or lysosomes in phagocytes during phagocytosis and oxidative burst.
The cultures were incubated for 2 hours at 37°C in 5% CO 2 to allow phagocytosis to occur, and then each well was washed twice with RPMI 1640/10% FCS to remove unphagocytosed bacteria.
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