Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Thymus pulegioides on Candida, Aspergillus and dermatophyte species

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1367-1373

  Pinto, Eugénia ^a   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,b   Salgueiro, Lígia ^c   Gonçalves, Maria José ^c   Costa De Oliveira, Sofia ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^c   Palmeira, Ana ^a   Rodrigues, Acácio ^a,b   Martinez De Oliveira, José ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ERGOSTEROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DERMATOPHYTE; DISTILLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYME; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; ERGOSTEROL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PORTUGAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 33750434271     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46443-0     Document Type: Article

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