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Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2017 Since ancient times, folk medicine and agro-food science have benefitted from the use of plant derivatives, such as essential oils, to combat different diseases, as well as to preserve food. In Nature, essential oils play a fundamental role in protecting
Filomena Nazzaro +3 more
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Antibacterial and Antifungal Sesquiterpenoids: Chemistry, Resource, and Activity
Biomolecules, 2022 Infectious diseases caused by bacteria and fungi are threatening human health all over the world. It is an increasingly serious problem that the efficacies of some antibacterial and antifungal agents have been weakened by the drug resistance of some ...
Tong Shen, Hang-Ying Li
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Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019 In order to improve the antioxidant and antifungal activity of chitosan, eight chitosan derivatives containing Schiff bases and quaternary ammonium salts were synthesized via an intermediate 6-O-chloroacetyl-2-N,N,N-trimethyl quaternary ammonium salt ...
Wenqiang Tan, Qing Li, Zhanyong Guo
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Antimicrobial, antibiofilm and antioxidant activities of Citrullus colocynthis fruit extracts [PDF]
International Journal of Minor Fruits, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 2023 According to its beneficial characteristics, the desert medicinal plant Citrullus colocynthis L. is commonly used in traditional medicine. The objective of this study is to investigate the antioxidant, anti-hemolysis, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm ...
Mohammed Terki
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In vitro activities of Traganum nudatum and Mentha pulegium extracts combined with amphotericin B against Candida albicans in production of hydrolytic enzymes [PDF]
Current Medical Mycology, 2020 Background and Purpose: Candida albicans is an important microorganism in the normal flora of a healthy subject; however, it has an expedient pathogenic character that induces hydrolytic virulence.
Ikram Tefiani +2 more
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Chitosan and Chitosan Nanoparticles: Parameters Enhancing Antifungal Activity
Molecules, 2023 Chitosan (CS), a biopolymer derived from chitin, is known for strong antifungal activity while being biodegradable, biocompatible, and non-toxic. Because of its characteristic it has been widely used in control of fungal pathogens. Antifungal activity of
P. Poznański, A. Hameed, W. Orczyk
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Altered Pseudomonas Strategies to Inhibit Surface Aspergillus Colonies
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus fumigatus infections frequently co-localize in lungs of immunocompromised patients and individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). The antifungal activity of P. aeruginosa has been described for its filtrates. Pyoverdine
Gabriele Sass +7 more
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The antifungal activity of mupirocin [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1999 The antibacterial agent mupirocin (pseudomonic acid A) is used as a topical agent in the treatment of superficial infections by Gram-positive bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus. However, we demonstrate here that the compound also inhibits the growth of a number of pathogenic fungi in vitro, including a range of dermatophytes and Pityrosporum ...
R O, Nicholas +3 more
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His-Ala-Phe-Lys peptide from Burkholderia arboris possesses antifungal activity
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Burkholderia arboris, which belongs to the Burkholderia cepacia complex, has been shown to possess antifungal activity against several plant fungal pathogens; however, the antifungal compounds are yet to be identified.
Huajie Zhu +3 more
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Forest Science and Technology, 2021 Chamaecyparis obtusa, Chamaecyparis pisifera, and Thuja occidentalis produce essential oils of good wood and industrial benefits, including food additives, perfumes, odorants and disinfectants.
Seong Hyeon Yong +5 more
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