Synergistic anticandidal activity of pure polyphenol curcumin i in combination with azoles and polyenes generates reactive oxygen species leading to apoptosis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 570-578

  Sharma, Monika ^a   Manoharlal, Raman ^a   Negi, Arvind Singh ^b   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; curcumin; fractional inhibitory concentration index; minimum inhibitory concentration; synergism

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CURCUMIN 1; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIOXIDANT; CURCUMIN; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYENE; POLYPHENOL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG POTENTIATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CURCUMIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHENOLS; POLYENES; POLYPHENOLS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77954472452     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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