Antifungal activity of oligochitosans (short chain chitosans) against some Candida species and clinical isolates of Candida albicans: Molecular weight-activity relationship

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-178

  Kulikov, Sergey N ^a   Lisovskaya, Svetlana A ^a   Zelenikhin, Pavel V ^b   Bezrodnykh, Evgeniya A ^c   Shakirova, Diana R ^b   Blagodatskikh, Inesa V ^c   Tikhonov, Vladimir E ^c  

^a Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Activity; Candida; Chitosan; Cytometry; Hyphae; Oligochitosan; TEM

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; NYSTATIN; OLIGOCHITOSAN; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRUCTURE; DEACETYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN;

ACTIVITY; CANDIDA; CHITOSAN; CYTOMETRY; HYPHAE; OLIGOCHITOSAN; TEM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CHITOSAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84893014461     PISSN: 02235234     EISSN: 17683254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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