Antifungal activity of the honey flavonoid extract against Candida albicans

Food Chemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-499

  Candiracci, Manila ^a   Citterio, Barbara ^a   Piatti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dimorphism; Flavonoids; Honey

Indexed keywords

ALBICANS; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIMORPHISM; GLUTATHIONES; HONEY; HYPHAL GROWTH; INTRACELLULAR GLUTATHIONE LEVELS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

CANDIDA; CELL CULTURE; FOOD PRODUCTS;

YEAST;

ACACETIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; APIGENIN; CHRYSIN; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HONEY FLAVONOID EXTRACT; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAMARIXETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HONEY; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80054937011     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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