Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus inhibits virulence factors and promotes metabolic changes in Candida yeast

Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus inhibits virulence factors and promotes metabolic changes in Candida yeast

Introduction This is the first study to examine the in vitro susceptibility and the expression of virulence factors in Candida species in the presence of Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) L.R. Landrum (Myrtaceae), a Brazilian plant known as paucravo. Additionally, the mechanisms of action of the cr...

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Main Authors: Flávio Ezeddinne El Assal, Joelma Abadia Marciano Paula, Leonardo Silva Capeletti, Fernando Yano Abrão, Fábio Silvestre Ataídes, Fabyola Amaral da Silva Sá, Carolina Rodrigues Costa, Orionalda de Fátima Lisboa Fernandes, Lúcia Kioko Hasimoto Souza, Maria do Rosario Rodrigues Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus
Candida spp
Antifungal activity
Virulence factors
Metabolic changes
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000500618&lng=en&tlng=en

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