Anticandidal effect of Ocimum sanctum essential oil and its synergy with fluconazole and ketoconazole

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 921-925

  Amber, K ^a   Aijaz, A ^a   Immaculata, X ^b   Luqman, K A ^a   Nikhat, M ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Essential oil; Fluconazole; Ketoconazole; Ocimum sanctum

Indexed keywords

4 METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE; ALPHA FARNESENE; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINNAMALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMULENE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BASIL; CANDIDA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; OCIMUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CANDIDA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 77956588612     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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