In vitro evaluation of the antifungal activity of Marco (Ambrosia arborescens Mill.) and Matico (Aristeguietia glutinosa Lam.) on the pathogenic fungi that cause dermatomycosis (ringworm)

Tatiana de los Ángeles Mosquera Tayupanta, Sandra Elizabeth Ayala Valarezo, Tatiana Alexandra Vasquez Villareal, María Belén Montaluisa Álvarez
2018 F1000Research  
Discuss this article Comments RESEARCH ARTICLE evaluation of the antifungal activity of Marco ( In vitro Ambrosia Mill.) and Matico ( Lam.) on arborescens Aristeguietia glutinosa the pathogenic fungi that cause dermatomycosis (ringworm) [version 1; referees: 1 not approved] Abstract Currently, there is a trend towards using natural and Background: ethnopharmacological species with therapeutic potential. This investigation evaluated the antifungal activity of two species in the Ecuadorian Andes,
more » ... which are used in treating dermatomycosis: Mill. (Marco) and Ambrosia arborescens Lam. (Matico). Aristeguietia glutinosa We worked with seven concentrations (100 to 700ppm) of Methods: Ambrosia Mill. extract and ten concentrations (0.5 to 5%) of essential oil arborescens (EO) of Lam. on ATCC Aristeguietia glutinosa Trichophyton mentagrophytes 9533, ATCC 28188, ATCC 36299 and Trichophyton rubrum Microsporum canis ATCC 10231. The methodology used was a modified version Candida albicans of the Kirby-Bauer method, using diffusion in agar wells. The Tukey test, after the one-way Anova, determined effective Results: concentrations of EO: 5% for , 4.5% for Trichophyton mentagrophytes Trichophyton rubrum, 5% for and 2% for . Microsporum canis Candida albicans In the extracts, the concentration of 700ppm was used for Trichophyton , Trichophyton rubrum, and 600ppm for mentagrophytes Microsporum canis and . Candida albicans The evaluation of the antifungal activity of the Conclusions: Ambrosia extract showed inhibition in the studied dermatophytes in each arborescens one of the planted concentrations (100 to 700ppm). The evaluation of the antifungal activity of EO showed inhibition in the studied Aristeguietia glutinosa dermatophytes in each of the planted concentrations (0.5 to 5%).
doi:10.12688/f1000research.14354.1 fatcat:kxfzyt7v4rfkvir2idkrllbyza