Antifungal activities of Astragalus verus Olivier. Against Trichophyton verrucosum on in vitro and in vivo guinea pig model of dermatophytosis

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Mikaeili, Ali ^a   Modaresi, Masoud ^a   Karimi, Isaac ^b   Ghavimi, Hamed ^a   Fathi, Mazyar ^b   Jalilian, Nastaran ^c  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Kermanshah Province   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astragalus verus Olivier; Guinea pig; Kurdish ethnomedicine; Trichophyton verrucosum

Indexed keywords

ANTIDERMATOPHYTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; GRISEOFULVIN; TERBINAFINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ASTRAGALUS VERUS OLIVIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); CAVIA; FABACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

EID: 84862259903     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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