Fig. 5

Haemolytic assay of human red blood cells were treated with distilled water; uninfected erythrocytes were kept in the same conditions used in the invasion assay with a control and each peptides tested (10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹), at 37 °C for 24 h. After incubation, the supernatant was collected, clarified at 900 g/8 min and the haemoglobin content was detected in a spectrophotometer at 530 nm. Triple asterisk statistically significant compared with distilled water value p < 0.05. Light grey shading indicates that the result is not statistically significant compared with control (mean ± standard deviation, n = 3)