Antifungal activity of the lemongrass oil and citral against Candida spp

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-66

  da Silva, Cristiane de Bona ^a,b   Guterres, Sílvia S ^a   Weisheimer, Vanessa ^a   Schapoval, Elfrides E S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida spp.; Citral; Lemongrass oil

Indexed keywords

CITRAL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; NYSTATIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN INFECTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; MONOTERPENES; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

EID: 48249086161     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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