Augmenting the activity of antifungal agents against aspergilli using structural analogues of benzoic acid as chemosensitizing agents

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 817-824

  Kim, Jong H ^a   Campbell, Bruce C ^a   Mahoney, Noreen ^a   Chan, Kathleen L ^a   Molyneux, Russell J ^a   Balajee, Arunmozhi ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Antifungal drugs; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Chemosensitization; Fluconazole; MAPK; Natural products; Oxidative stress; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZOIC ACID;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BENZOIC ACID; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 77957688051     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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