Category: Antifungal

Abstract Introduction: Candidiasis is a common fungal infection caused by various species of the Candida. Candida albicans is the most important etiologic agent of candidiasis which includes about 60%-75% of this disease. The extent of fungal opportunistic infections in susceptible individuals on one hand and increasing drug resistance on the other hand, leads to the […]

Abstract This article presents a comparative gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomic analysis of mycelia and fruiting bodies of the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum. Three aqueous extracts-mycelia, fruiting bodies, and a mixture of them-and their sequential fractions (methanolic and ethyl acetate), prepared using an accelerated solvent extractor, were characterized by GC-MS to determine volatile organic […]