title: Antifungal activity of Piper diospyrifolium Kunth (Piperaceae) essential oil.
abstract: In vitro activity of the essential oil from Piper diospyrifolium leaves was tested using disk diffusion techniques. The antifungal assay showed significant potencial antifungal activity: the oil was effective against several clinical fungal strains. The majority compounds in the essential oil were identified as sesquiterpenoids by GC-MS and GC-FID techniques.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia e Farmacologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá, PR , Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvia Cristina Heredia
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Paulo
authors.forename: Terezinha Inez Estivaleti
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Svidzinski
authors.forename: Benedito Prado
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Dias Filho
authors.forename: Celso Vataru
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Maria Cláudia Marx
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Diógenes Aparício Garcia
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cortez
keywords: Piper diospyrifolium; antifungal activity; essential oil
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