Chemical composition, toxicological aspects and antifungal activity of essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham.
Author(s) -
Raquel Oliveira dos Santos Fontenelle,
Selene Maia de Morais,
Érika Helena Salles de Brito,
Marta Regina Kerntopf,
Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante,
Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro,
A.R. Tomé,
Maria Goretti Rodrigues de Queiroz,
Nilberto Robson Falcão do Nascimento,
José Júlio Costa Sidrim,
Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm066
Subject(s) - essential oil , thymol , microsporum canis , traditional medicine , broth microdilution , agar diffusion test , lippia , biology , antifungal , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , minimum inhibitory concentration , antibacterial activity , medicine , antimicrobial , bacteria , genetics
The aims of this study were to test the essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham. for antifungal activity, in vitro, against Candida spp. and Microsporum canis, to evaluate its acute and subchronic toxicological effects, in vivo, and to determine its chemical constituents.
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