Prevention of Candida albicans biofilm by plant oils

Mycopathologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Agarwal, Vishnu ^a   Lal, Priyanka ^a   Pruthi, Vikas ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida albicans; Fluconazole; Plant oil; SEM; XTT

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; EUGENIA; GINGER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTHA PIPERITA;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EUCALYPTUS; EUGENIA; FLUCONAZOLE; GINGER; MENTHA PIPERITA; PLANT OILS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUCALYPTUS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 38549142035     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9077-9     Document Type: Article

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