Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh is one of the hardwood species indigenous to Taiwan that possesses significant antifungal activity. To examine the antifungal activity of leaf essential oils and dominant constituents from C. osmophloeum, the essential oils of leaves from three clones (A, B, and C) collected from Haw-Lin experimental forest were extracted and their components analyzed by gas chromat...

Title: The Marine-Derived Polyketide Endoperoxide 1 Plakortide F Acid Mediates its Antifungal Activity by 2 Interfering with Calcium Homeostasis 3 4 5 Authors: Tao Xu, Qin Feng, Melissa R. Jacob, Bharathi Avula, Melanie M. Mask, 6 Scott R. Baerson, Siddharth K. Tripathi, Rabab Mohammed, Mark T. 7 Hamann, Ikhlas A. Khan, Larry A. Walker, Alice M. Clark, and 8 Ameeta K. Agarwal 9 10 11 Institutio...

background and purpose: candida species constitute an important group of opportunistic fungi, which cause various clinical diseases. considering the resistance of some candida species to conventional antifungal agents, treatment of such cases may be challenging and complicated. the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the antifungal activities of euphorbia macroclada latex and fluc...

Phytochemical screening and antifungal activity test of jengkol leaf (Archidendron jiringa) extract have been carried out. The purpose this research is determine secondary metabolite content activities extract. Extraction was conducted with sequential extraction technique various solvent such as hexane, ethyl acetate methanol respectively. FTIR characterization show the presence O-H, C-H C-O C=...

The mangosteen peel contains phenol compounds that have antifungal activity. study aimed to find out the activity in dosage form of toothpaste against Candida albicans. research methods used include extraction (Garcinia mangostana L.) by maceration using 96% ethanol. formula was composed with an extract concentration 1.25% (F1); 2.5% (F2); 5% (F3); and base (B). Antifungal testing carried diffu...

Defensins are a large family of small, cationic, cysteine-rich proteins that are part of the defense arsenal that plants use for protection against potentially damaging fungal infections. The plant defensin NaD1 from Nicotiana alata is a potent antifungal protein that inhibits growth and kills a variety of fungal pathogens that affect both plant and animal (human) hosts. Some serine protease in...

Calcineurin inhibitors may augment the effects of antifungal drugs in microbiological assays. We examined this interaction in a microbiological assay for posaconazole. No effect was observed. However, concurrent or recently discontinued treatment with other antifungal drugs caused false-positive results, emphasizing a limitation of microbiological assays for antifungal drug level measurement.

After publication of the original article [1], the following error was reported in the Results section of the Abstract: "antifungal activity against one yeast i.e. Aspergillus niger" should read: "antifungal activity against one fungus i.e. Aspergillus niger". The authors would like to confirm all antifungal activity has been screened against fungi not yeast.

BACKGROUND Invasive fungal disease (IFD) causes significant morbidity and mortality in hematologic malignancy patients with high-risk febrile neutropenia (FN). These patients therefore often receive empirical antifungal therapy. Diagnostic test-guided pre-emptive antifungal therapy has been evaluated as an alternative treatment strategy in these patients. METHODS We conducted an electronic se...

White spot lesions are observed in nearly 50% of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment. Long-lasting antibacterial properties of orthodontic cements can reduce this phenomenon. The aim of this research was to compare antimicrobial activity of three commercial glass ionomer cements with three commercial zinc phosphate cements, over time, against streptococcus mutans and candida albicans. Dir...