Candida albicans growth inhibition

Zore GB, Thakre AD, Jadhav S, Karuppayil SM (2011) Terpenoids inhibit Candida albicans growth by affecting membrane integrity and arrest of cell cycle. Phytomedicine 18 1181-1190. doi 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.03.008... 

Ezzat SM (2001) In vitro inhibition of Candida albicans growth by plant extracts and essential oils. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 17 757-759... 

Kalihinols G (277) and H (278) were trace components of a species of Acanthella from Guam and kalihinol X (279) was isolated from a Fijian species of Acanthella. All inhibited growth of Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans [278]. 10-Epi-isokalihinol H (280) and 15-isothiocyanato-l-epi-kalihinene (281) were isolated from Acanthella cavernosa from the Seychelles [279]. A Japanese specimen of A. cavernosa contained a sesquiterpene isothiocyanate (282) and 10 3-formamido-5p-isothiocyanatokalihinol A (283). Structures were assigned by spectral data interpretation [280]. Phakellia pulcherrima from the Philippines contained the minor diterpene isothiocyanates kalihinol L (284), 10-isothiocyanatokalihinol G (285), 10-epi-kalihinol H (286) and 10-isothiocyanatokalihinol C (287) [281]. 10-Epi-kalihinol I (288) and 5,10-bisisothiocyanatokalihinol G (289) were isolated from an Acanthella sp. from Okinawa [282]. 

In the late 1980s, ulapualide A 23 was isolated from the egg masses of the nudibranch Hexabranchus sanguineus120 and was shown to inhibit the growth of Candida albicans and L1210 leukaemia cell proliferation. A molecular mechanics study initially suggested that the relative stereochemistry was related to that of the halichondramides and mycalamides,350 however, the... 

Saccharomyces cerevisiae i i27-8b strain. The latter compound also inhibited the growth of Candida albicans 258 strains. 

St. John s wort has been used topically for wound healing for hundreds of years. Antibacterial properties have been reported as early as 1959, with hyperforin found to be the active component. Using multiple concentrations, it was discovered that no hyperforin dilutions had antimicrobial effects on Gram-negative bacteria or Candida albicans. There was, however, growth inhibition for all of the Gram-positive bacteria tested, some with the lowest dilution concentration of 0.1 pg/mL. Hyperforin was also shown to be effective at inhibiting methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (25). 

Acetylenic isobutylamides and polyacetylenes occurring in Echinacea have been shown to inhibit the growth of yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida shehata, Candida kefyr, Candida albicans, Candida steatulytica, and Candida tropicalis. This growth inhibition occurred to a greater extent under ultraviolet irradiation than without it. There are other compounds in Echinacea that are suspected to be phototoxic to microbes, but this has yet to be demonstrated (16). 

In a recent paper, zirconyl derivatives of tetradentate Schiff-base ligands have exhibited high activity for the inhibition of growth of a variety of organisms including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus niger, and Candida albicans "... 

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