Brazilian flora extracts as source of novel antileishmanial and antifungal compounds

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 443-449

  Tempone, André Gustavo ^a   Sartorelli, Patrícia ^b   Teixeira, Denise ^a   Prado, Frederico O ^a   Calixto, Ivete A R L ^a   Lorenzi, Harri ^c   Melhem, Márcia S C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Candida; Drugs; Leishmania; Plants; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PLECTRANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 50449086895     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500006     Document Type: Article

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