For centuries, plants have been used for a wide variety of purposes, from treating infectious
diseases to food preservation and perfume production. Presently, the increasing resistance …

Essential oils derived from plants have been recognized for decades to exhibit biological
activities, including antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial attributes. Antimicrobial …

The incidence of fungal infections has been steadily increasing in recent years. Systemic
mycoses are characterized by the highest mortality. At the same time, the frequency of …

The abundant use of anti-infective agents resulted in the emergence of drug-resistant
bacteria, fungi, and viruses. To overcome the increasing resistance of pathogenic microbes …

Dermatophytes comprise pathogenic fungi that have a high affinity for the keratinized
structures present in nails, skin, and hair, causing superficial infections known as …

Terpenoid phenols, including carvacrol, are components of oregano and other plant
essential oils that exhibit potent antifungal activity against a wide range of pathogens …

China has a large variety of edible mushrooms and ranks first in the world in terms of
production and variety. Nevertheless, due to their high moisture content and rapid …

During the last few years the scientific community has shown a considerable interest in the
study of plant materials as sources of new compounds to be processed into antimicrobial …

The spread of multidrug-resistant strains of fungus and the reduced number of drugs
available, makes it necessary to discover new classes of antifungals and compounds that …

The composition of the essential oil of Thymus pulegioides and its antifungal activity on
Candida, Aspergillus and dermatophyte fungal strains were studied. Essential oil from the …