Phenyl aldehyde and propanoids exert multiple sites of action towards cell membrane and cell wall targeting ergosterol in Candida Albicans

AMB Express

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Khan, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad ^a,b   Ahmad, Iqbal ^b   Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Electron microscopy; Ergosterol; Flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CINNAMALDEHYDE; ERGOSTEROL; EUGENOL; FILIPIN; FLUCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84887182811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-1     Document Type: Article

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