Antifungal activity of four honeys of different types from Algeria against pathogenic yeast: Candida albicans and Rhodotorula sp

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 554-557

  Moussa, Ahmed ^a   Noureddine, Djebli ^b   Saad, Aissat ^a   Abdelmelek, Meslem ^a   Abdelkader, Benhalima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida albicans; Honey; Rhodotorula sp.

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ALGERIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; YEAST; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ALGERIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RHODOTORULA;

EID: 84860377260     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60096-3     Document Type: Article

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