In folk medicine, Vismia guianensis is used to treat skin diseases and mycoses in the
Amazon region. We evaluated the anti-Candida activity of the hydroalcoholic extract from the …

Similarities in fungal and animal cells make antifungal discovery efforts more difficult than
those for other classes of antimicrobial drugs. Currently, there are only three major classes …

Cryptosporidium spp. are responsible for severe public health problems and livestock
production losses. Treatment options are limited to only one drug available for human and …

Vanillin is a well-known food and cosmetic additive and has antioxidant and antimutagenic
properties. It has also been suggested to have antifungal activity against major human …

Invasive candidiasis is the most common and serious fungal disease worldwide, and the
development of antifungal drug resistance in Candida spp. is an emerging problem …

Protozoal diseases, such as leishmaniasis, malaria, African sleeping sickness, Chagas
disease, amoebiasis, giardiasis, cryptococcosis, and toxoplasmosis (among others), affect …

Cryptococcus neoformans can cause fatal meningoencephalitis in patients with AIDS or
other immunocompromising conditions. Current antifungals are suboptimal to treat this …

Microbial infections are a major threat to public health particularly in developing countries
due to the relative unavailability of medicine and the emergence of widespread drug …

In the past few decades, there has been a notable rise in the occurrence of several types of
candidiasis. Candida albicans is the most common cause of superficial fungal infections in …

Fasciolosis an economically important global disease of ruminants in the temperate and
tropical regions, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, respectively, also poses a …