Antifungal activity of ajoene on experimental murine paracoccidioidomycosis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Maluf, Marcia L F ^a   Takahachi, Gisele ^a   Svidzinski, Terezinha I E ^a   Xander, Patricia ^a   Apitz Castro, Raphael ^a   Bersani Amado, Ciomar A ^a   Cuman, Roberto K N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ajoene; ELISA; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MURINAE; MUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 53849097389     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(08)70038-X     Document Type: Article

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