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Antifungal effect of selected European herbs against Candida albicans and emerging pathogenic non-albicans Candida species

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The anti-candidal effect of some European medicinal plants Allium ursinum (wild garlic or ramson); Aristolochia clematitis (birthwort), Melilotus officinalis (sweet clover), Salvia officinalis (garden sage) and Viscum album (mistletoe) was investigated. In general, C. inconspicua, C. zeylanoides and C. norvegica were among the most sensitive species, while C. albicans together with C. orthopsilosis showed much lower sensitivity. Best results were achieved with wild garlic showing a broad spectrum anti-yeast activity in some cases with fungicidal MIC (3.52 mg/ml). The other plant extracts showed moderate, mainly fungistatic action.

Source: SZTE Publicatio Repozitórium (University of Szeged)

Authors: Elvira Nacsa-Farkas, Eliza Kerekes, Erika Beáta Kerekes, Judit Krisch, Roxana Popescu, Daliborca Cristina Vlad, Pauliuc Ivan, Csaba Vágvölgyi

Institutions: University of Szeged, Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Univesity of Life Science "King Mihai I" from Timisoara

Language: English

Topic: Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2187945618

FWCI: 0.721

Cites: 26

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10