In vitro Evaluation of Fungal Susceptibility and Inhibition of Virulence by Diosgenin
Maria do Socorro Costa,
Ana Raquel Pereira da Silva,
Juliana Santos Araújo
et al.
Abstract:Fungal infections are a public health problem that mainly affects immunosuppressed people, Candida spp. have been responsible for most sources of contamination and invasive fungal infections described around the world. The need arises to find new therapeutic approaches to combat growing infections. Plants and natural products have been considered a valuable source for discovering new molecules with active ingredients. Diosgenin is a sapogenin found in the families of Leguminosae and Dioscoreaceae, it is obtain… Show more
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