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BJM
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Antifungal activity of lectins against yeast of vaginal secretion
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| Autores: |
Gomes,Bruno Severo
Siqueira,Ana Beatriz Sotero
Maia,Rita de Cássia Carvalho
Giampaoli,Viviana
Teixeira,Edson Holanda
Arruda,Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa
Nascimento,Kyria Santiago do
Lima,Adriana Nunes de
Souza-Motta,Cristina Maria
Cavada,Benildo Sousa
Porto,Ana Lúcia Figueiredo
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| Data: |
2012-06-01
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Yeast
Sensitivity
Lectins
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| Resumo: |
Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins of non-imune origin. This group of proteins is distributed widely in nature and they have been found in viruses, microorganisms, plants and animals. Lectins of plants have been isolated and characterized according to their chemical, physical-chemical, structural and biological properties. Among their biological activities, we can stress its fungicidal action. It has been previously described the effect of the lectins Dviol, DRL, ConBr and LSL obtained from the seeds of leguminous plants on the growth of yeasts isolated from vaginal secretions. In the present work the experiments were carried out in microtiter plates and the results interpreted by both methods: visual observations and a microplate reader at 530nm. The lectin concentrations varied from 0.5 to 256µg/mL, and the inoculum was established between 65-70% of trammitance. All yeast samples isolated from vaginal secretion were evaluated taxonomically, where were observed macroscopic and microscopic characteristics to each species. The LSL lectin did not demonstrate any antifungal activity to any isolate studied. The other lectins DRL, ConBr and DvioL, showed antifungal potential against yeast isolated from vaginal secretion. These findings offering offer a promising field of investigation to develop new therapeutic strategies against vaginal yeast infections, collaborating to improve women's health.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000200042
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1517-83822012000200042
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.43 n.2 2012
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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