Liquid and vapour-phase antifungal activities of selected essential oils against candida albicans: Microscopic observations and chemical characterization of cymbopogon citratus

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tyagi, Amit K ^a   Malik, Anushree ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; HYDROCARBON; LEMON GRASS OIL; MENTHA OIL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DILUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; FUNGAL CELL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTHA; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECT; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYMBOPOGON; EUCALYPTUS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 78149235549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-65     Document Type: Article

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