The Amoebicidal Effect of Ergosterol Peroxide Isolated from Pleurotus ostreatus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1982-1986

  Meza Menchaca, Thuluz ^a   Suárez Medellín, Jorge ^a   Del Ángel Piña, Christian ^a   Trigos, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

amoebicidal activity; ergosterol peroxide; Pleurotus ostreatus

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ERGOSTEROL PEROXIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL-5,8-PEROXIDE;

AMEBICIDAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; AGARICALES; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLEUROTUS;

AGARICALES; AMEBICIDES; CELL LINE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ERGOSTEROL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PLEUROTUS;

EID: 84954498573     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5474     Document Type: Article

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