Journal
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages 1065-1068Publisher
INT INST ECOLOGY
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842010000500022
Keywords
Candida; plant extracts activity; antifungal activity; antimicrobial agents
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- Research Foundation for the State of Sao Paulo (Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo - FAPESP)
- Fund for Education, Research and Extension (Fundo de Apoio ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensao - FAEPEX)
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The increase in the resistance to antimicrobial drugs in use has attracted the attention of the scientific community, and medicinal plants have been extensively studied as alternative agents for the prevention of infections. The Candida genus yeast can become an opportunistic pathogen causing disease in immunosuppressive hosts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dichloromethane and methanol extracts from Mentha piperita, Rosmarinus officinalis, Arrabidaea chica, Tabebuia avellanedae, Punica granatum and Syzygium cumini against Candida species through the analysis of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). Results presented activity of these extracts against Candida species, especially the methanol extract.
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