Abstract
Ethyl acetate extracts of traditional medicinal herbs were screened for their antifungal activity against Malassezia furfur through the liquid growth inhibition method with 96 well plate and the paper disk agar diffusion assay. Among the 91 kinds of herbal solvent extracts, borneolum (borneo-camphor, No. 56) was finally selected as the best antifungal effective medicinal herb. The MIC value of No. 56 against M. furfur was 0.3 mg/ml (8.2×106 CFU/ml) and it was three times more efficient than midazole which is the known antifungal agent in clinical medicines.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 236-239 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Sep 2005 |
Keywords
- Borneo-camphor
- Borneol
- Borneolum
- Camphor
- Dryobalanops aromatica
- Malassezia furfur
- Pityriasis versicolor