Effect of Plant Oils on Candida albicans

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-451

  Agarwal, Vishnu ^a   Lal, Priyanka ^a   Pruthi, Vikas ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Fluconazole; Infections; Plant oils

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALMOND OIL; ALSI OIL; BABCHI OIL; BABUNA OIL; CASTOR OIL; CLOVE OIL; COCONUT OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GINGER GRASS OIL; GINGER OIL; JASMINE OIL; JOJOBA OIL; JUNIPERUS OIL; JYOTISHMATI OIL; LAVENDER OIL; LINSEED OIL; MAHUA OIL; MALKANGNI OIL; NEEM OIL; OCIMUM OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; ROSE OIL; SESAME SEED OIL; TEA TREE OIL; TIL OIL; TULSI OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGAR DILUTION; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 78049414639     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60069-2     Document Type: Article

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