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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Antifungal Activities of Curcuminoids and Difluorinated Curcumin Against Clinical Dermatophyte Isolates.

Hossein Zarrinfar, Mahsa Behnam, Mahdi Hatamipour, Amirhossein Sahebkar

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemical constituents in the rhizome of Curcuma longa and the pharmacological importance of curcumin hybrids.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  6. Promising Antifungal Activity ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hossein ZarrinfarAllergy Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahsa BehnamDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahdi HatamipourNanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Amirhossein SahebkarApplied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. sahebkara@mums.ac.ir.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRBiotechnology Research Center · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dermatophytes are a group of fungal agents that can invade humans' keratinized tissues such as skin, nail, and hair, thereby causing dermatophyte infection (dermatophytosis) or ringworm. Some natural products have been reported to possess fungicidal effects. Hence, the present study investigated the effect of curcuminoids (CUR) and difluorinated curcumin (CDF) against clinical isolates of dermatophytes. CUR and CDF powders were evaluated against dermatophyte species including Trichophyton tonsurans (n = 21), T. mentagrophytes (n = 19), T. interdigitale (n = 18), Microsporum canis (n = 4), T. benhamiae (n = 1), and T. verrucosum (n = 1), based on the CLSI M38-A2 guideline. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranges of CUR were 4-16, 8-16, 4-16, 8, 8, and 16 μg/ml for T. tonsurans, T. mentagrophytes, T. interdigitale, M. canis, T. benhamiae, and T. verrucosum, respectively. In addition, MIC ranges of CDF were obtained as 2-32, 4-16, 0.125-16, 8-16, 8, and 16 μg/ml, for T. tonsurans, T. mentagrophytes, T. interdigitale, M. canis, T. benhamiae, and T. verrucosum, respectively. CUR and CDF showed an inhibitory effect against dermatophyte isolates. CDF showed a stronger effect than CUR, especially against T. interdigitale. CUR and CDF have the capacity to be developed for use in dermatophytosis to augment existing preventative/therapeutic strategies.

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ArthrodermataceaeCurcuminDermatomycosesAntifungal AgentsDiarylheptanoidsHumansMicrosporumTrichophytonAntifungal AgentsCurcuminDiarylheptanoidsAntifungalCurcuminDermatophyteDifluorinated curcumin

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PMID33861439
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