Antifungal activity and mode of action of thymol and its synergism with nystatin against Candida species involved with infections in the oral cavity: An in vitro study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  de Castro, Ricardo Dias ^a   de Souza, Trícia Murielly Pereira Andrade ^a   Bezerra, Louise Morais Dornelas ^a   Ferreira, Gabriela Lacet Silva ^a   de Brito Costa, Edja Maria Melo ^b   Cavalcanti, Alessandro Leite ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Microbiology; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; NYSTATIN; SORBITOL; THYMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG POTENTIATION; FRACTIONAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION INDEX; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MINIMUM FUNGICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA KUDRIAVZEVII; THRUSH; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; NYSTATIN; THYMOL;

EID: 84947940785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0947-2     Document Type: Article

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