In vitro antifungal, anti-elastase and anti-keratinase activity of essential oils of Cinnamomum-, Syzygium- and Cymbopogon-species against Aspergillus fumigatus and Trichophyton rubrum

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-55

  Khan, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cinnamomum , Syzygium , Cymbopogon species; Elastase activity; Electron microscopy; Essential oils; Growth inhibition; Keratinase activity; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; ELASTASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; FLUCONAZOLE; GERANIOL; KERATINASE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CLOVE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON MARTINI; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ACROLEIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CINNAMOMUM; CYMBOPOGON; EUGENIA; EUGENOL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TERPENES; TRICHOPHYTON;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; FUNGI; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 82755182714     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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