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| Title |
ANTIFUNGAL POTENTIAL OF PLANT SPECIES FROM BRAZILIAN CAATINGA AGAINST DERMATOPHYTES
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| Published in |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1678-9946201658018 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Renata Perugini Biasi-Garbin, Fernanda de Oliveira Demitto, Renata Claro Ribeiro do Amaral, Magda Rhayanny Assunção Ferreira, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski, Lilian Cristiane Baeza, Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogatta |
| Abstract |
Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex, or Trichophyton spp. are the main etiologic agents of dermatophytosis, whose treatment is limited by the high cost of antifungal treatments, their various side effects, and the emergence of resistance amongst these species. This study evaluated the in vitro antidermatophytic activity of 23 crude extracts from nine plant species of semiarid vegetation (caatinga) found in Brazil. The extracts were tested at concentrations ranging from 1.95 to 1,000.0 mg/mL by broth microdilution assay against the reference strains T. rubrum ATCC 28189 and T. mentagrophytesATCC 11481, and 33 clinical isolates of dermatophytes. All plants showed a fungicidal effect against both fungal species, with MIC/MFC values of the active extracts ranging from 15.6 to 250.0 µg/mL. Selected extracts of Eugenia uniflora (AcE), Libidibia ferrea (AE), and Persea americana (AcE) also exhibited a fungicidal effect against all clinical isolates of T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes complex. This is the first report of the antifungal activity of Schinus terebinthifolius, Piptadenia colubrina, Parapiptadenia rigida, Mimosa ophthalmocentra, and Persea americana against both dermatophyte species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 121 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Professor | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 18% |
| Unknown | 37 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 18 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 42 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
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