Inhibition of mycelial growth of Candida albicans by spices and herbs in vitro and effects of their oral administration on intestinal colonization of Candida albicans in mice

Pharmacometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Taguchi, Yuuki ^a   Komiya, Mayumi ^b   Ishibashi, Hiroko ^b   Inoue, Shigeharu ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b   Arai, Ryo ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^b  

^a S and B Foods Inc   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Mice; Oral administration; Pimpinella anisum; Wasabia japonica

Indexed keywords

CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; FLUCONAZOLE; MENTHA SPICA EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PIMPINELLA ANISUM EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASABIA JAPONICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERB; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MENTHA SPICA; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SPICE; THYME; WASABI; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037363906     PISSN: 03008533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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