title: Aspects of the effect of bile salts on Candida albicans.
abstract: Cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid, glycocholic acid, glycodeoxycholic acid, hyodeoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid as their sodium salts, were fungistatic to the growth of Candida albicans. Of the compounds tested, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid were the most active. In combination with other antifungal agents only cholic acid exhibited synergism with amphotericin B, whilst the imidazole antifungal agents inhibited the action of the bile salts. The bile salt minimal inhibitory concentrations were close to the critical micelle concentrations. Even though the compounds are surface active they did not cause loss of intracellular K+ and were without effect on oxygen consumption. The bile salts, particularly cholic acid, produced morphological changes that gave rise to swollen cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire, U.K.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Marples
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Salt
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stretton
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D019826:Cholic Acid; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D000666:Amphotericin B; D019826:Cholic Acid; D011188:Potassium