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Trial reportAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2013

Use of antifungal saponin SC-2 of Solanum chrysotrichum for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis: in vitro studies and clinical experiences.

Armando Herrera-Arellano, Edgar O López-Villegas, Aida V Rodríguez-Tovar, Alejandro Zamilpa, Enrique Jiménez-Ferrer, Jaime Tortoriello, M Angeles Martínez-Rivera

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Trial report in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Topical antifungals for seborrhoeic dermatitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
    Pooled it
  2. The Effects of Cinnamaldehyde (Cinnamon Derivatives) and Nystatin onOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Armando Herrera-ArellanoFacultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM). Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Edgar O López-Villegas
Aida V Rodríguez-Tovar
Alejandro Zamilpa
Enrique Jiménez-Ferrer
Jaime Tortoriello
M Angeles Martínez-Rivera
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXMexican Social Security Institute · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saponin SC-2 from Solanum chrysotrichum showed antifungal activity, demonstrated in vitro, which inhibited the growth of dermatophytes, and in vivo, to be effective in the treatment against tinea pedis and pityriasis capitis. Fungistatic and fungicidal activity of saponin SC-2 on Candida albicans and other Candida species, fluconazole and ketoconazole resistaent strains was demostrated. SC-2-associated ultrastructural alterations in several Candida species were observed. An exploratory clinical, randomized, double-blind, and controlled ketoconazole study of ketoconazole was conducted with the aim of assessing the effectiveness and tolerability of an herbal medicinal product containing SC-2, on women with Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). The results exhibited a percentage of therapeutic clinical effectiveness similar to that of ketoconazole (X(2), p ≥0.30), but obtained a smaller percentage of mycological effectiveness, and 100% tolerability. In conclusion, saponin SC-2 possesses fungicidale and fungistatic activity on Candida albicans and other multi resistant Candida species, causes morphological changes and fungal death, and it is an alternative therapy for the treatment of VVC.

Indexed as

PhytotherapyAntifungal AgentsCandida albicansCandidiasis, VulvovaginalDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansKetoconazolePlant ExtractsSaponinsSolanumTreatment OutcomeAntifungal AgentsKetoconazolePlant ExtractsSaponinsalternative therapyantifungal activitysaponinsSolanum chrysotrichumvulvovaginal candidiasis

Identifiers

PMID24146467
PMCPMC3777579
OpenAlexW2029156828

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