Treatment of pityriasis versicolor with topical application of essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf-therapeutic pilot study;Tratamento de pitiríase versicolor com aplicação tópica do óleo essencial de Cymbopogon citratus (DC) stapf-estudo terapêutico piloto

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-385

  Carmo, Egberto Santos ^a   Pereira, Fillipe de Oliveira ^a   Cavalcante, Neuza Maria ^b   Gayoso, Carla Wanderley ^b   Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Infection; Malassezia; Mycoses; Tinea versicolor

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; KETOCONAZOLE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CYMBOPOGON; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879582226     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20131800     Document Type: Article

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