Open AccessIn vitro activities of Traganum nudatum and Mentha pulegium extracts combined with amphotericin B against Candida albicans in production of hydrolytic enzymes
Author(s) -
Ikram Tefiani,
Sidi Mohammed Lahbib Seddiki,
Yassine Moustafa Mahdad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current medical mycology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.369
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2423-3439
pISSN - 2423-3420
DOI - 10.18502/cmm.6.3.4499
Subject(s) - candida albicans , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , corpus albicans , yeast , in vitro , enzyme , virulence , hydrolysis , amphotericin b , chemistry , biochemistry , antifungal , gene
Candida albicans is an important microorganism in the normal flora of a healthy subject; however, it has an expedient pathogenic character that induces hydrolytic virulence. Regarding this, the present study aimed to find an in vitro alternative that could reduce the virulence of this yeast.