Effect of Schinus terebinthifolius on Candida albicans growth kinetics, cell wall formation and micromorphology

References

• Alves PM, Leite PHAS, Pereira JV, Pereira LF, Pereira MSV, Higino JS, et al. Antifungal activity of the extract of Psidium guajava Linn. (“goiabeira") upon leavens of Candida of the oral cavity: an in vitro evaluation. Braz J Pharmacognosy 2006;16:192–6.
   Google Scholar
• Marsh P, Martin P. Oral microbiology. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2009.
   Google Scholar
• Thein ZM, Samaranayake YH, Samaranayake LP. Effect of oral bacteria on growth and survival of Candida albicans biofilms. Arch Oral Biol 2006;51:672–80.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Henriques M, Azeredo J, Oliveira R. Adhesion of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis to acrylic and hydroxyapatite. Biointerfaces 2004;33:235–41.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ramage G, Saville SP, Thomas DP, López-Ribot JL. Candida biofilms: an update. Eukaryot Cell 2005;4:633–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alves LA, Freires IA, Jovito VC, Almeida LFD, Castro RD. Interference of essential oils on antibiotics used in the treatment of infections of the oral cavity. Int J Dent 2011;10:26–32.
   Google Scholar
• Bansod S, Rai M. Antifungal activity of essential oils from Indian medicinal plants against human pathogenic Aspergillus fumigates and A. niger. World J Med Sci 2008;3:81–8.
   Google Scholar
• Bonjar GH, Aghighi S, Karimi NIKA. Antibacterial and antifungal survery in plants used in indigenous herbal-medicine of south east regions of Iran. Int J Biol Sci 2004;4:405–12.
   Google Scholar
• Konning GH, Agyare C, Ennison B. Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of Ghana. Fitoterapia 2004;75:65–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lima IO, Oliveira RAG, Lima EO, Farias NMP, Souza EL. Antifungal activity of essential oils on Candida species. Braz J Pharmacognosy 2006;16:197–201.
   Google Scholar
• Srinivasan D, Nathan S, Suresh T. Antimicrobial activity of certain Indian medicinal plants used in folkloric medicine. J Ethnopharmacol 2001;74:217–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Viuda-Martosa M, Ruiz-Navajasa Y, Fernández-López J, Pérez-Álvarez J. Antifungal activity of lemon (Citrus lemon L.), mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.), grapefruit (Citrus paradisi L.) and orange (Citrus sinensis L.) essential oils. Food Control 2008;19:1130–8.
   Google Scholar
• Ribas MO, Sousa MH, Sartoretto J, Lanzoni TA, Noronha L, Acra LA. Effect of the Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi in the process of tissular repair in ulcers induced in mucosa oral of the rat. J Dent Sci 2006;21:245–52.
   Google Scholar
• Diniz MFFM, Oliveira RAG, Medeiros ACD. Herbal medicines: plants as a pharmaceutical alternative: scientific and popular aspects. Joao Pessoa: EDUFPB 1997; :205.
   Google Scholar
• Martínez MJ, Alonso GN, Badell JB. Actividad antimicrobiana del Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Copal). Rev Cuba Plantas Med 1996;1:37–9.
   Google Scholar
• Ellof JN. A sensitive and quick microplate method to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration of plant extracts for bacteria. Plant Med 1998;64:711–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rassoli I, Mirmostafa SA. Antibacterial properties of Thimus pubescens and Thymus serpyllum essential oil. Fitoterapia 2002;73:244–50.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Frost DJ, Brandt KD, Cugier D, Goidman R. A whole-cell Candida albicans assay for the detection of inhibitors towards fungal cell wall synthesis and assembly. J Antibiot 1995;28:306–9.
   Google Scholar
• Gungi S, Arima K, Beppu T. Screening of antifungal according to inducing morfological abnormalities. Agric Biol Chem 1983;47:2061–9.
   Google Scholar
• Lacaz CS, Porto E, Martins JEC. Medical mycology. 8th ed. Sao Paulo: Sarvier; 1991. p 695.
   Google Scholar
• Kurtzman CP, Fell JW. The yeats, a taxonomie study. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B. V; 1998.
   Google Scholar
• Sidrim JJC, Moreira JLB. Clinical and laboratorial basis of medical mycology. 1st ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan; 1999.
   Google Scholar
• Lima EO, Farias NMP, Souza EL, Santos BHC. Antibacterial properties of essential oils from medicinal plants. Rev Bras Ciênc Saúde 2003;7:251–8.
   Google Scholar
• Brazilian Ministry of Health. List of plants that may be used as phytotherapics in the Brazilian Unified Health System. Sao Paulo: Folha de Sao Paulo; 2009.
   Google Scholar
• Guerra MJM, Barreiro ML, Rodriguez ZM, Rubalcaba Y. Actividad antimicrobiana de un extracto fluido al 80% de Schinus terebinthifolius raddi (copal). Rev Cuba Plantas Med 2000;5:23–5.
   Google Scholar
• Alves SH, Cury AE. Candida from cancer patients: susceptibility in vitro to polyene antifungal agents. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 1992;34:251–4.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wingeter MA, Guilhermetti E, Shinobu CS, Takaki I, Svidzinski TIE. Microbiological identification and in vitro sensitivity of Candida isolates from the oral cavity of HIV-positive individual. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2007;40:272–6.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Freires IA, Alves LA, Jovito VC, Castro RD. Antifungal activity of Schinus terebinthifolius (Aroeira) on Candida strains. Revista Odontológica do Brasil Central 2011;20:68–72.
   Google Scholar
• Pereira FO. Antifungal activity of Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt ex Bor essential oil on Trichophyton dermatophytes. Doctorate Thesis]. Joao Pessoa: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba; 2009. p 33.
   Google Scholar
• Romani L, Bistoni F, Puccetti P. Adaptation of Candida albicans to the host environment: the role of morphogenesis in virulence and survival in mammalian hosts. Curr Opin Microbiol 2003;6:338–43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Castro RD. Antifungal activity of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume (cinnamon) essential oil alone and combined with synthetic antifungals on Candida species. [Doctorate Thesis]. Joao Pessoa: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba; 2010.
   Google Scholar
• Lima LB, Vasconcelos CFB, Maranhão HML, Leite VR, Ferreira PA, Andrade BA, et al. Acute and subacute toxicity of Schinus terebinthifolius bark extract. J Ethnopharmacol 2009;126:468–73.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Paulo PTC, Diniz MFFM, Medeiros IA, Morais LCSL, Andrade FB, Santos HB. Phase I clinical toxicological assays of a complex herbal medicine (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, Plectranthus amboinicus Lour and Eucaliptus globulus Labill). Braz J Pharmacognosy 2009;19:68–76.
   Google Scholar