Antifungal activity of Aloe vera leaves

Roşca-Casian, Oana; Pârvu, Marcel; Vlase, Laurian; Martos, Tamás

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2006.11.008

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“…Recent studies have aimed at developing novel therapies to control denture surface colonization by Candida species 4 . Additionally, investigating the antifungal activities 5,6 of medicinal plants might facilitate the identifi cation of compounds that could potentially be developed into novel antifungal agents. Lima et al 7 found that C. albicans (ATCC-76615) was sensitive to 8% Rosmarinus offi cinalis essential oil, resulting in a 10-mm inhibition zone.…”

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“…The literature includes many studies assessing the susceptibility of yeasts of the genus Candida to medicinal plant derivatives 6 ; however, few studies have investigated the plant derivatives' effects on C. albicans morphology and germ tube formation. Herein, the complete inhibition of germ tube formation was observed in the investigated isolates when 4% R. offi cinalis essential oil was added.…”

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Effects of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil on germ tube formation by Candida albicans isolated from denture wearers

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Silveira-Gomes

Esteves

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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Introduction:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Rosmarinus offi cinalis essential oil on germ tube formation by Candida albicans isolated from denture wearers. Methods: Ten C. albicans isolates recovered from denture wearers were tested using 10% fetal bovine serum with or without 4% R. offi cinalis essential oil. Results: The essential oil from R. offi cinalis completely inhibited germ tube formation in the investigated C. albicans isolates. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that the essential oil of R. offi cinalis modulates C. albicans pathogenicity through its primary virulence factor (i.e., germ tube formation was suppressed).

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Effects of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil on germ tube formation by Candida albicans isolated from denture wearers

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Silveira-Gomes

Esteves

et al. 2014

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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“…In the practice of lily breeding, Löffler (1996) found that the pathogen Fusarium had no adaptation to the resistant hosts, which therefore brings a possibility for breeding of new lily cultivars with persistent resistance to Fusruium. The correlation of antifungal effects and the accumulation of total saponins from in tissue cultures plants has been shown in several studies (Soetan et al, 2006;Rosca-Casian et al, 2007;Rodriguez et al, 2007). Saponin content could be an indicator for the degree of Fusarium resistance in Lilium (Curir et al, 2003).…”

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“…The anti-fungal effect of saponins was observed in some plants (Woldemichael and Wink, 2001;Escalante et al, 2002;Iorizzi et al, 2002;Oana Rosca-Casian et al, 2007;Rodriguez et al, 2007). While the disease-resistant lily keeps a high level of saponin content to counteract pathogen infection by accelerating the synthesis of saponins or inhibiting the activity of enzyme that decomposes saponins (Weltring et al, 1997), by which to reduce the damage caused by pathogens.…”

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Crossing Lilium Orientals of different ploidy creates Fusarium-resistant hybrid

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Zhao

et al. 2010

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Abstract:Oriental hybrid lily is of great commercial value, but it is susceptible to Fusarium disease that causes a significant loss to the production. A diploid Oriental hybrid resistant to Fusarium, Cai-74, was diploidized from triploid obtained from the offspring of tetraploid (from 'Star Fighter') and diploid ('Con Amore', 'Acapulco') by screening the hybrids of different cross combinations following inoculating Fusarium oxysporum to the tissue cultured plantlets in a greenhouse. By analyzing saponins content in bulbs of a number of lily genotypes with a known Fusarium resistance, it was found that the mutant Cai-74 had a much higher content of saponin than its parents.Highly resistant wild L. dauricum had the highest level (4.59mg/g), followed by the resistant Cai-74 with 4.01mg/g. The resistant OT cultivars 'Conca d'or' and 'Robina' had a higher saponins content (3.70 mg/g) and 2.83 mg/g, than the susceptible Oriental

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“…Debido a su composición nutricional la pulpa de Aloe vera es un alimento vegetal factible de promover el crecimiento de los agentes probióticos (Contreras-Pinzón et al, 2007) y ser usado en el tratamiento y prevención de enfermedades gastrointestinales (Scheer, 1998;Argüelles et al, 2000). La planta del Aloe vera ha sido usada por diversas culturas antiguas principalmente para fines medicinales (INE, 1994;Rosca-Casian et al, 2007). En la actualidad, el Aloe vera ha despertado el interés de muchos países para su estudio y aprovechamiento debido a sus características nutritivas, medicinales y a su gran potencial como generadora de actividad económica en zonas áridas y semiáridas, ya que es una de las pocas especies vegetales comerciales capaces de ser propagada en esos ambientes (Paez et al, 2000).…”

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