Antifungal activity of essential oils and their synergy with fluconazole against drug-resistant strains of Aspergillus fumigatus and Trichophyton rubrum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1083-1094

  Khan, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal drugs; Drug resistance; Essential oils; GC MS; Synergy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BROAD SPECTRUM; CELL WALLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG-RESISTANT STRAINS; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL STRAINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC-MS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; IN-VITRO; ITRACONAZOLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OIL COMPOSITION; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; SYNERGY;

ALDEHYDES; ASPERGILLUS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CINNAMALDEHYDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ALDEHYDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION; LYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; SYNERGISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 79954761252     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3152-3     Document Type: Article

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