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ArticleMarine drugs2010

Effect of marine polyunsaturated fatty acids on biofilm formation of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis.

Vuyisile S Thibane, Johan L F Kock, Ruan Ells, Pieter W J van Wyk, Carolina H Pohl

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Article in Marine drugs, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vuyisile S ThibaneDepartment of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa. ThibaneV@ufs.ac.za
Johan L F Kock
Ruan Ells
Pieter W J van Wyk
Carolina H Pohl
University of the Free State · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of marine polyunsaturated fatty acids on biofilm formation by the human pathogens Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis was investigated. It was found that stearidonic acid (18:4 n-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 n-3), docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3) have an inhibitory effect on mitochondrial metabolism of both C. albicans and C. dubliniensis and that the production of biofilm biomass by C. dubliniensis was more susceptible to these fatty acids than C. albicans. Ultrastructural differences, which may be due to increased oxidative stress, were observed between treated and untreated cells of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis with formation of rough cell walls by both species and fibrillar structures in C. dubliniensis. These results indicate that marine polyunsaturated fatty acids may be useful in the treatment and/or prevention of biofilms formed by these pathogenic yeasts.

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AnimalsBiofilmsBiomassCandidaCandida albicansCell WallFatty Acids, UnsaturatedMitochondriaOxidative StressSeawaterFatty Acids, UnsaturatedCandida albicansCandida dubliniensispolyunsaturated fatty acids

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PMID21116408
PMCPMC2992994
OpenAlexW2133358917

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