In vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of essential oils of Cymbopogon martini and Chenopodium ambrosioides and their synergism against dermatophytes

Mycoses

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Prasad, Chandra Shekhar ^a   Shukla, Ravindra ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Dubey, N K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Dermatophytes; Essential oil; Ointment

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GERANIOL; GRISEOFULVIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; NIZRAL; NUFORCE 150; PETROLEUM; STYRENE; TERPENE; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON MARTINI; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIR; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TINEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CYMBOPOGON; DERMATOMYCOSES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CAVIA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CYMBOPOGON; FUNGI;

EID: 76649145655     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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