Open AccessAntifungal activity of Arctotis arctotoides (L.f.) O. Hoffm. and Gasteria bicolor Haw. against opportunistic fungi associated with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Author(s) -
Wilfred Mbeng Otang,
Donald Grierson,
Roland N. Ndip
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.96564
Subject(s) - microsporum gypseum , candida glabrata , candida krusei , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , traditional medicine , microsporum canis , biology , minimum inhibitory concentration , corpus albicans , antifungal , trichophyton , medicine , antimicrobial
In South Africa where many patients are immunocompromised as a result of the AIDS pandemic, opportunistic fungal infections such as candidiasis caused mainly by Candida albicans are common. Arctotis arctotoides and Gasteria bicolor are two plants which are frequently and commonly used in traditional medicine in the treatment of HIV patients.