Pityriacitrin - A potent UV filter produced by Malassezia furfur and its effect on human skin microflora

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-392

  Machowinski, Angelika ^a   Krämer, Hans Joachim ^a   Hort, Wiebke ^a   Mayser, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Malassezia furfur; Pityriacitrin; Staphylococci; UV filter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PITYRIACITRIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN FLORA; SKIN TOXICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MALASSEZIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33747072572     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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