Molecular mechanisms of action of herbal antifungal alkaloid berberine, in Candida albicans.

Candida albicans causes superficial to systemic infections in immuno-compromised individuals. The concomitant use of fungistatic drugs and the lack of cidal drugs frequently result in strains that could withstand commonly used antifungals, and display multidrug resistance (MDR). In search of novel f...

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Main Authors: Sanjiveeni Dhamgaye, Frédéric Devaux, Patrick Vandeputte, Nitesh Kumar Khandelwal, Dominique Sanglard, Gauranga Mukhopadhyay, Rajendra Prasad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126717?pdf=render