Eco friendly control of candida

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt

2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Several revisions have revealed that 75% of the female will have at slightest one and 40-50% will have repeated affairs through their life time. Vulvovagnitis is considered by sever itching of vulva, anomalous vaginal exoneration, erythema, edema of vulva, and satellite lesions. In this study, 43 clinical candida samples of patients at some age cluster range from 1to 50 year old and for both masculinity were composed from patients misery from vaginal candidiasis, oral thrush and urinary tract infection who admitted to different Mansoura University Hospitals. All samples were cultured on Sabourad,s Dextrose Agar (SDA). The isolation and identification method of yeast isolated were followed by upon the morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics, such as Germ tube and PCR technique.
Some candida samples showed complete resistance to antibiotics such as (flucanozole 25 and voriconazole). So we investigated the anti microbial activity  of the following medical plants; Thyme, Cinnamon ,Garlic, Peppermint and fenugreek. Results showed that Cinnamon (87.5mg/ml) and Peppermint (87.5mg/ml) had good antifungal activity and the inhibition zone diameter was ranged between (25mm-35mm) for Cinnamon and between (12mm- 20mm) for Peppermint.

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Mansoura Journal of Biology
Volume 56, Issue 3
September 2022
Pages 24-30

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