In vitro activity of CAY-1, a saponin from capsicum frutescens, against microsporum and trichophyton species

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 805-810

  Stergiopoulou, Theodouli ^a,e   De Lucca, Anthony J ^b   Meletiadis, Joseph ^a,c   Sein, Tin ^a,d   Boue, Stephen M ^b   Schaufele, Robert ^a   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a,e   Ghannoum, Mahmoud ^f   Walsh, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum frutenses; Dermatophytes; Saponin

Indexed keywords

CAY 1; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONIDIUM; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CAPSICUM; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSPORUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPONINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STEROIDS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 56149108177     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802089831     Document Type: Article

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