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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, Florinda Fratianni, Raffaele Coppola, Vincenzo De Feo   +3 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, V, Berry, P A, Hunter, J A, Kelly   +3 more
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Antifungal Activity of Plumericin and Isoplumericin [PDF]

Natural Product Communications, 2011
This study evaluated the in vitro antifungal activity of the chloroform extract of Plumeria bicolor and its phytoconstituents plumericin and isoplumericin against Candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans by measuring the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Fungicidal Concentration (MFC). Plumericin's consistently high activity against
Dharmendra, Singh, Umakant, Sharma, Parveen, Kumar, Yogesh K, Gupta, M P, Dobhal, Sarman, Singh   +5 more
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Systemic Antifungal Activity of Pyrrolnitrin [PDF]

Applied Microbiology, 1969
The antifungal activity of pyrrolnitrin, previously shown to be effective against superficial infections, was evaluated against experimental systemic mycoses. Pyrrolnitrin was inhibitory in vitro at <0.78 to 100 μg/ml to Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Sporotrichum schenckii ,
R S, Gordee, T R, Matthews
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Cosmetics Preservation: A Review on Present Strategies

Molecules, 2018
Cosmetics, like any product containing water and organic/inorganic compounds, require preservation against microbial contamination to guarantee consumer’s safety and to increase their shelf-life.
Noureddine Halla, Isabel P. Fernandes, Sandrina A. Heleno, Patrícia Costa, Zahia Boucherit-Otmani, Kebir Boucherit, Alírio E. Rodrigues, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Maria Filomena Barreiro   +8 more
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The in vitro antifungal activity of sudanese medicinal plants against Madurella mycetomatis, the eumycetoma major causative agent. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Eumycetoma is a debilitating chronic inflammatory fungal infection that exists worldwide but it is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions. The major causative organism is the fungus Madurella mycetomatis.
Hassabelrasoul Elfadil, Ahmed Fahal, Wendy Kloezen, Elhadi M Ahmed, Wendy van de Sande   +4 more
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Optimization of the antifungal metabolite production in Streptomyces libani isolated from northern forests soils in Iran [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2020
Background and Purpose: Soil bacteria have extreme population diversity among natural sources and are able to produce a wide array of antifungal metabolites. This study aimed to isolate and identify the bioactive metabolite-producing bacteria from forest
Maryam Azish, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh   +2 more
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Antifungal activity of triterpenoid isolated from Azima tetracantha leaves.

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2010
The present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of Azima tetracantha extracts and isolated compound (friedelin) against fungi. Antifungal activity was carried out using broth microdilution method and fractions were collected using ...
V Duraipandiyan, M Gnanasekar, S Ignacimuthu   +2 more
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In vitro antidermatophytic activity of bioactive compounds from selected medicinal plants

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology, 2021
Fungal infections are among the most difficult diseases to manage in humans. Eukaryotic fungal pathogens share many similarities with their host cells, which impairs the development of antifungal compounds.
Daisy Savarirajan, V. M. Ramesh, Arunachalam Muthaiyan   +2 more
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Antifungal Activity of Coumarins

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 2008
The antifungal activity of 40 coumarins was tested against the fungal strains: Candida albicans (ATCC 14053), Aspergillus fumigatus (ATCC 16913) and Fusarium solani (ATCC 36031), using the broth microdilution method. Osthenol showed the most effective antifungal activity among all the compounds tested, with a MIC value of 125 μg/ml for Fusarium solani ...
Montagner, Cristina, de Souza, Simone M., Groposo, Cláudia, Delle Monache, Franco, Smânia, Elza F. A., Smânia Jr, Artur   +5 more
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