Anticandidal activity of the essential oils of thymus maroccanus and thymus broussonetii and their synergism with amphotericin B and fluconazol

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1057-1060

  Saad, A ^a   Fadli, M ^a   Bouaziz, M ^b   Benharref, A ^a   Mezrioui, N E ^a   Hassani, L ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Essential oils; Fluconazol; Synergy; Thymus broussonetii; Thymus maroccanus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; THYME OIL; THYMUS BROUSSONETII OIL; THYMUS MAROCCANUS OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77957766197     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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