In vitro screening of anti-Candida activity of saponins extracted from Glycyrrhiza glabra and Quillaja saponaria

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-162

  Moghimipour, Eskandar ^a   Sadaghi Nejad, Batool ^a   Handali, Somayeh ^a   Ameri, Abdulghani ^a   Ramezani, Zahra ^a   Ebrahim Azemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti Candida activity; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Quillaja saponaria; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUTANOL; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ETHER; METHANOL; PETROLEUM; QUILLAJA SAPONIN; SAPONIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRY POWDER; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; QUILLAJA; QUILLAJA SAPONARIA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

EID: 84891685828     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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