Antifungal effect and possible mode of activity of a compound from the marine sponge Dysidea herbacea

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Sionov, Edward ^a   Roth, Dalit ^a   Sandovsky Losica, Hana ^a   Kashman, Yoel ^a   Rudi, Amira ^a   Chill, Liat ^a   Berdicevsky, Israela ^b   Segal, Esther ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

A. fumigatus; Antifungal effect; C. albicans; Dysidea herbacea extract

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIBROMO 2 (3,5 DIBROMO 2 METHOXYPHENOXY)PHENOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FREEZE DRYING; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PHENOLS; PORIFERA; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 18844435208     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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