Screening of antifungal activity of plants from the northeast of Mexico

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 468-471

  Alanis Garza B A ^a   Gonzalez Gonzalez G M ^a   Salazar Aranda, R ^a   Waksman de Torres, N ^a   Rivas Galindo, V M ^a  

^a Medicina UANL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Aspergillus fumigatus; Candida albicans; Coccidioides immitis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Pulmonary mycoses; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACACIA FARNESIANA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS DRUMMONDII EXTRACT; COLUBRINA GREGGII EXTRACT; CORDIA BOISSIERI EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; FLUCONAZOLE; HEDEOMA DRUMMONDII EXTRACT; HELIOTROPIUM ANGIOSPERMUM EXTRACT; JATROPHA DIOICA EXTRACT; LEUCOPHYLLUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RIVINA HUMILIS EXTRACT; SALVIA TEXANA EXTRACT; SCHINUS MOLLE EXTRACT; SOLANUM ROSTRATUM EXTRACT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA FARNESIANA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLEMATIS DRUMMONDII; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COLUBRINA GREGGII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA BOISSIERI; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA; EXTRACTION; HEDEOMA DRUMMONDII; HELIOTROPIUM ANGIOSPERMUM; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA DIOICA; LEUCOPHYLLUM FRUTESCENS; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RIVINA HUMILIS; SALVIA TEXANA; SCHINUS MOLLE; SOLANUM ROSTRATUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; HUMANS; MEXICO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ARTEMIA SALINA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGI;

EID: 35648981889     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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