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Durch Coffein und Coffeinsalze bedingte Strukturanderängen an Candida albicans
Author(s) -
Mittag Hannelore
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/myc.1994.37.9-10.337
Subject(s) - caffeine , candida albicans , ketoconazole , microbiology and biotechnology , paracoccidioides brasiliensis , chemistry , corpus albicans , yeast , biology , biochemistry , antifungal , endocrinology
Summary Cytological alterations of Candida albicans following exposure to subinhibitory concentrations of caffeine and caffeine salts were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The effect was different from that induced by ketoconazole. Caffeine and especially caffeine salts caused an increase in unusual modes of proliferation with signs of multiple budding in Candida albicans . Structurally, such yeast cells present some resemblance to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis .