Antifungal properties of plants used in Brazilian traditional medicine against clinically relevant fungal pathogens Atividade Antifúngica de plantas utilizadas na medicina tradicional brasileira contra fungos de relevância clínica
Antifungal properties of extracts from eight Brazilian plants traditionally used in popular Brazilian medicine were tested against five clinically relevant Candida species, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Sporothrix schenckii. Results demonstrate that almost all extracts exhibited antifungal activity,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000400010 |