Composition and antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida krusei and Cryptococcus neoformans of essential oils from leaves of Piper and Peperomia species
| Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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| Data(s) |
20/05/2014
20/05/2014
04/09/2010
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| Resumo |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) This study was addressed to investigate the composition and antifungal activity of essential oils from leaves of Piperaceae species (Piper aduncum, Piper amalago, Piper cernuum, Piper diospyrifolium, Piper crassinervium, Piper gaudichaudianum, Piper solmsianum, Piper regnellii, Piper tuberculatum, Piper umbelata and Peperomia obtusifolia) against Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei and Cryptococcus neoformans. The essential oils from P. aduncum, P. gaudichaudianum and P. solmsianum showed the highest antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with the MIC of 62.5, 62.5 and 3.9 mg.mL-1, respectively. The oil from P. gaudichaudianum showed activity against C. krusei with MIC of 31.25 mg.mL-1. |
| Formato |
1810-1814 |
| Identificador |
http://www.academicjournals.org/jmpr/pdf/pdf2010/4Sept/Morandim%20et%20al.pdf Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. Victoria Island: Academic Journals, v. 4, n. 17, p. 1810-1814, 2010. 1996-0875 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/26256 10.5897/JMPR09.303 WOS:000283200700017 WOS000283200700017.pdf |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Academic Journals |
| Relação |
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research |
| Direitos |
openAccess |
| Palavras-Chave | #Piperaceae #Piper #Peperomia #essential oil composition #antifungal activity #GC-MS |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
