Screening for antifungal activities of extracts of the Brazilian seaweed genus Laurencia (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta)

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-295

  Stein, Erika M ^a   Colepicolo, Pio ^a   Afonso, Felipe A K ^a   Fujii, Mutue T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal activities; Brazilian seaweeds; Candida; Cryptococcus; Infectious diseases; Laurencia

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA ALDINGENSIS; LAURENCIA CATARINENSIS; LAURENCIA DENDROIDEA; LAURENCIA INTRICATA; LAURENCIA TRANSLUCIDA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 79958846205     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000085     Document Type: Article

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