Candida utilis as a convenient and safe substitute for the pathogenic yeast C. albicans in Daniels' phototoxicity test.
Candida utilis is a safe and convenient substitute for the pathogenic yeast C. albicans in phototoxicity tests. With both organisms 8-methoxypsoralen and a-terthienyl give positive results while photodynamic compounds give negative results.
D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D008730:Methoxsalen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D012395:Rose Bengal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013876:Thiophenes; C019101:alpha-terthienyl; D012395:Rose Bengal; D008730:Methoxsalen