Inhibitory activity of hydrosols, herbal teas and related essential oils against filament formation and the growth of Candida albicans

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Inouye, Shigeharu ^a   Takahashi, Miki ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oil; Filamentous form; Herbal tea; Hydrosol

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BERGAMOT OIL; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSE EXTRACT; CITRUS JUNOS EXTRACT; CLOVE OIL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON MARTINI EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; LEPTOSPERMUM PERTERSONI EXTRACT; LINDERA UMBELLATA EXTRACT; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; MONARDA FISTULOSA EXTRACT; PELARGONIUM ASPERUM EXTRACT; PERILLA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS EXTRACT; SOUR ORANGE EXTRACT; TANACETUM VULGARE EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSE; CITRUS FRUIT; CITRUS JUNOS; CLOVE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON MARTINI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IC 50; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM PERTERSONI; LINDERA; LINDERA UMBELLATA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONARDA; MONARDA FISTULOSA; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM ASPERUM; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; ROSA DAMASCENA; ROSE; SOUR ORANGE; TEA; YEAST;

BEVERAGES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; MENTHOL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MONARDA; SANTOLINA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 74249088486     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.50.243     Document Type: Article

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