Antifungal activity of Crotalus durissus cumanensis venom.
The susceptibility to Crotalus venom of 14 yeast and 10 mould fungal isolates was assessed. This venom was tested in a standardized well diffusion test, using 400 microg/20 microl well. The percentage of susceptibility to yeast isolates was 78.6% (> 8 mm); that for filamentous isolates was 50% (> 8 mm).
Magaldi
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Universidad Central de Venezuela, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Caracas, Venezuela.
Girón
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Aguilar
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Rodriguez-Acosta
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D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017839:Crotalus; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D003435:Crotalid Venoms