Evaluation of Syngonanthus nitens (Bong.) Ruhl. extract as antifungal and in treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 673-682

  De Freitas Araújo, Marcelo Gonzaga ^a   Pacífico, Mariana ^a   Vilegas, Wagner ^a   Dos Santos, Lourdes Campaner ^a   Icely, Paula Alejandra ^b   Miró, Maria Soledad ^b   Scarpa, Maria Virginia Costa ^a   Bauab, Tais Maria ^a   Sotomayor, Claudia Elena ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anticandidal activity; Syngonanthus nitens; Vulvovaginal candidiasis; Yeast hyphal transition

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNGONANTHUS NITENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERIOCAULACEAE; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNGONANTHUS NITENS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

CANDIDA; RATTUS; SYNGONANTHUS NITENS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ERIOCAULACEAE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLAVONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OINTMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884330991     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.795294     Document Type: Article

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