Anticandidal activity of Cassia fistula and its effect on ergosterol biosynthesis

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 727-733

  Irshad, Md ^a   Shreaz, Sheikh ^a   Manzoor, Nikhat ^a   Khan, Luqman A ^a   Rizvi, M Moshahid A ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anticandidal activity; Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Candida tropicalis; Cassia fistula; ergosterol inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RHEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FRUIT; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; GROWTH CURVE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; STEROL SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASSIA; CELL MEMBRANE; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; FRUIT; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASSIA FISTULA;

EID: 79958162639     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.544318     Document Type: Article

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