Effect of sub-inhibitory concentration of chlorhexidine on lipid and sterol composition of Candida albicans

Mycopathologia

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Abu Elteen, Khaled H ^a   Whittaker, Peter A ^b  

^a AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b ST PATRICK S COLLEGE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Ergosterol Candida albicans; Fatty acid; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; STEROL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; STEROLS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0031402162     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006852207366     Document Type: Article

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