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How Guava Extracts May Help Combat Fluconazole-Resistant Candida Infections
Jim Crocker
1st July, 2024
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Key Findings
- Researchers at Saveetha University studied fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans from root caries specimens
- They found that 65% of the samples contained C. albicans, with two strains resistant to fluconazole
- Psidium guajava (guava) extract showed promising antifungal activity against these resistant strains
References
Main Study
1) Computational Evaluation on the Interactions of an Opaque-Phase ABC Transporter Associated with Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans, by the Psidium guajava Bio-Active Compounds.
Published 30th June, 2024
https://doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2024.27.2.91
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