Antifungal activity of Brazilian medicinal plants involved in popular treatment of mycoses

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 409-412

  Cruz, M C S ^a   Santos, P O ^a   Barbosa Jr , A M ^a   de Melo D L F M ^a   Alviano, C S ^b   Antoniolli, A R ^a   Alviano, D S ^b   Trindade, R C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antifungal activity; Bumelia sartorum; Caesalpinia pyramidalis; Hymenea courbaril; Ziziphus joazeiro

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BUMELIA SARTORUM EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS EXTRACT; HYMENEA COURBARIL EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUMELIA SARTORUM; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYMENEA COURBARIL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INTERVIEWS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

BUMELIA; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; MURINAE; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PYRAMIDALIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

EID: 34047139534     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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