Effect of licorice compounds licochalcone A, glabridin and glycyrrhizic acid on growth and virulence properties of Candida albicans

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Messier, Céline ^a   Grenier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticandidal activity; Biofilm; Candida albicans; Hyphae; Licorice

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GLABRIDIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; LICOCHALCONE A; NYSTATIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DILUTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLYCYRRHIZA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHALCONES; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPHAE; ISOFLAVONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NYSTATIN; PHENOLS; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GLYCYRRHIZA;

EID: 80054005994     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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