Anti- Candida albicans activity of some Iranian plants used in traditional medicine

The Effect of Gold Nano Particles Compared to Dioxide Titanium Nano Particles on Vital Factors of Isolated Candida albicans in Patients with Oral Candidiasis in Vitro

“…C. albicans is a normal commensal of the mouth and generally causes no problems in healthy people. Overgrowth of candida, however, can lead to local discomfort, an altered taste sensation, dysphagia from oesophageal overgrowth resulting in poor nutrition, slow recovery, and prolonged hospital stay [4]. Various agents such as viscosity, constant tangency, dimorphism, tube germ formation, susceptibility, photo type deformity, intervention with host system, synergism with bacteria, and generating hydrolyzes with other metabolites are hinted as Candidaalbicans virulence agents [5].…”

In vitro Antifungal Activity of Cucumis melo on Candida albicans

“…Suspension was mixed for 15 seconds with a vortex. Then its concentration was adjusted to 1.5 × 108 CFU/mL based on a standard 0.5 McFarland [2,17,18].…”

“…Extract was dried in incubator at 40°C. Then 1 g of alcoholic dried extract was mixed with 5 mL of 5% DMSO and it was filtered through a millipore syringe filters with 0.22 µ diameter [2,12,17].…”

“…Nosocomial candidiasis is a worldwide problem. Candida is the fourth common nosocomial infections in USA [2,3]. It causes urinary tract (UT) and blood infection in patients that admitted to the hospital [4,5].…”

“…According to the literature, the investigation for natural products to be used against Candida species increased significantly in the last 10 years examining approximately 258 plant species from 94 families [2,7]. Wild melon (Cucumis melo L.), belongs to the cucurbitaceae family, it is an annual plant, herbaceous, prostrates, creeping and its fruit is as large as 2 -40 × 8 -24 mm, it is ellipsoid and yellow and dark green veined with bitter pulps [8].…”