In vitro antifungal activity of polysulfides-rich essential oil of Ferula latisecta fruits against human pathogenic dermatophytes

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1543-1546

  Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^a   Fata, Abdolmajid ^b   Emami, Bahareh ^a   Shahri, Bibi Mohadeseh Jalalzadeh ^a   Bazzaz, Bibi Sedigheh Fazly ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Apiaceae; Dermatophytes; Essential oil; Ferula latisecta

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FERULA LATISECTA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIDERMATOPHYTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DERMATOPHYTE; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; FENNEL; FERULA LATISECTA; FRUIT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

APIACEAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FERULA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 63149129051     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300929     Document Type: Article

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