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Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius L.) a Potential Source of Drugs against Cryptococcal Infections, Malaria and Leishmaniasis

Aknur Turgumbayeva^1,2, Gulbaram Ustenova¹, Ubaidilla Datkhayev¹, Khairolla Rahimov³, Silvijus Abramavicius^4,5, Agile Tunaityte^4,*, Kairat Zhakipbekov^1,6, Kaldanay Kozhanova¹, Saken Tulemissov⁷, OzikhanUstenova⁸, Gulmira Datkayeva⁹, Edgaras Stankevicius^1,10

1 School of Pharmacy, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
2 National Center for Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, MS, 38677, USA
3 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
4 Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LT, 44307, Lithuania
5 Intensive Care Unit, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, 04130, Lithuania
6 Department of Pharmaceutical Disciplines, Astana Medical University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
7 Department of Chemistry and Biology, Kazakhstan University of Peoples friendship, Shymkent, 160000, Kazakhstan
8 Sub-Faculty of Tourism and Service, Narxoz University, Almaty, 050035, Kazakhstan
9 Department of General Clinical Disciplines and Ambulance, Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkestan, 161200, Kazakhstan
10 Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LT, 44307, Lithuania

* Corresponding Author: Agilė Tunaitytė. Email: