Thymol-induced alterations in candida albicans imaged by atomic force microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 736, Issue , 2011, Pages 401-410

  Braga, Pier Carlo ^a   Ricci, Davide ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Candida albicans; Envelope damage; Thymol

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; TERPENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; THYME; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THYMOL;

EID: 80054834847     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-105-5_24     Document Type: Chapter

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