Synergistic effect of the flavonoid catechin, quercetin, or epigallocatechin gallate with fluconazole induces apoptosis in Candida tropicalis resistant to fluconazole

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1468-1478

  Da Silva, Cecília Rocha ^a   De Andrade Neto, João Batista ^a   De Sousa Campos, Rosana ^a   Figueiredo, Narjara Silvestre ^a   Sampaio, Letícia Serpa ^a   Magalhães, Hemerson Iury Ferreira ^a,b   Cavalcanti, Bruno Coêlho ^a   Gaspar, Danielle Macêdo ^a   De Andrade, Geanne Matos ^a   Lima, Iri Sandro Pampolha ^a   De Barros Viana, Glauce Socorro ^a   De Moraes, Manoel Odorico ^a   Lobo, Marina Duarte Pinto ^a   Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa ^a   Nobre Jr , Hélio Vitoriano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLUCONAZOLE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CATECHIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUCONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84896872906     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00651-13     Document Type: Article

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