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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Antifungal activity of the lemongrass oil and citral against Candida spp.
Autores: | Silva,Cristiane de Bona da; Guterres,Sílvia S.; Weisheimer,Vanessa; Schapoval,Elfrides E.S.
Data: | 2008-02-01
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Lemongrass oil; Citral; Antifungal activity; Candida spp.
Resumo: | Superficial mycoses of the skin are among the most common dermatological infections, and causative organisms include dermatophytic, yeasts, and non-dermatophytic filamentous fungi. The treatment is limited, for many reasons, and new drugs are necessary. Numerous essential oils have been tested for both in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity and some pose much potential as antifungal agents. By using disk diffusion assay, we evaluated the antifungal activity of lemongrass oil and citral against yeasts of Candida species (Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis). This study showed that lemongrass oil and citral have a potent in vitro activity against Candida spp.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000100014
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702008000100014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.12 n.1 2008
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess