Antifungals

S Campoy, JL Adrio - Biochemical pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
The need for new antifungal agents is undeniable. Current therapeutic choices for the
treatment of invasive fungal infections are limited to three classes of drugs. Most used …

A critical review on recent trends on pharmacological applications of pyrazolone endowed derivatives

G Mustafa, M Zia-ur-Rehman, SH Sumrra… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyrazolone is a well-known influential synthon for the synthesis of many molecules which
hold remarkable potential in the advancement of functional materials, coordination …

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Salvia officinalis Leaf Extract and Their Photocatalytic and Antifungal Activities

MA Abomuti, EY Danish, A Firoz, N Hasan, MA Malik - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Herein, we examined the facile synthesis of ZnONPs using aqueous
extract of Salvia officinalis without any additional stabilizing/capping agents. When …

Antifungal resistance and new strategies to control fungal infections

P Vandeputte, S Ferrari… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Despite improvement of antifungal therapies over the last 30 years, the phenomenon of
antifungal resistance is still of major concern in clinical practice. In the last 10 years the …

Monoterpenes and Sesquiterpenes of Essential Oils from Psidium Species and Their Biological Properties

RC Silva, JS Costa, RO Figueiredo, WN Setzer… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Psidium (Myrtaceae) comprises approximately 266 species, distributed in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world. Psidium taxa have great ecological, economic, and …

New lead structures in antifungal drug discovery

C Sheng, W Zhang - Current medicinal chemistry, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
During the past two decades, the incidence of invasive fungal infections has been
increasing dramatically. Clinical available antifungal agents have several drawbacks such …

Purpurin Suppresses Candida albicans Biofilm Formation and Hyphal Development

PWK Tsang, H Bandara, WP Fong - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
A striking and clinically relevant virulence trait of the human fungal pathogen Candida
albicans is its ability to grow and switch reversibly among different morphological forms …

An antifungal mechanism of curcumin lies in membrane‐targeted action within Candida albicans

W Lee, DG Lee - IUBMB life, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study is to investigate the antifungal mechanism of curcumin. This
polyphenolic compound has been used traditionally in Asia for medicinal, culinary, and …

[HTML][HTML] The antifungal activity and membrane-disruptive action of dioscin extracted from Dioscorea nipponica

J Cho, H Choi, J Lee, MS Kim, HY Sohn… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2013 - Elsevier
Dioscin is a kind of steroidal saponin isolated from the root bark of wild yam Dioscorea
nipponica. We investigated the antifungal effect of dioscin against different fungal strains …

Natural products: an alternative to conventional therapy for dermatophytosis?

G Lopes, E Pinto, L Salgueiro - Mycopathologia, 2017 - Springer
The increased incidence of fungal infections, associated with the widespread use of
antifungal drugs, has resulted in the development of resistance, making it necessary to …