Open AccessHibiscus sabdariffa extract inhibits in vitro biofilm formation capacity of Candida albicans isolated from recurrent urinary tract infections
Author(s) -
Issam Alshami,
Abdulghani Alharbi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/s2221-1691(14)60217-3
Subject(s) - hibiscus sabdariffa , candida albicans , biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , fluconazole , antimicrobial , minimum inhibitory concentration , in vitro , chemistry , corpus albicans , antifungal , biology , bacteria , food science , biochemistry , genetics
To explore the prevention of recurrent candiduria using natural based approaches and to study the antimicrobial effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa (H. sabdariffa) extract and the biofilm forming capacity of Candida albicans strains in the present of the H. sabdariffa extract.