2. Academic Validation
  3. [Fungistatic activity of a sesquiterpene lactone (tomentosin) isolated from fresh Inula viscosa (Asteraceae) flowers from the Puglia region]

[Fungistatic activity of a sesquiterpene lactone (tomentosin) isolated from fresh Inula viscosa (Asteraceae) flowers from the Puglia region]

  • Parassitologia. 2001 Sep;43(3):117-21.
C Cafarchia 1,  N De Laurentis,  M A Milillo,  V Losacco,  V Puccini
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Affiliation

  • 1 Dipartimento di Sanità e Benessere degli Animali, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Valenzano, Bari, Italia.
PMID: 11921538
Abstract

A sesquiterpene lactone, tomentosin, has been isolated and identified form Inula viscosá Ait (Asteraceae) flowers. The molecule, at 1 mg/ml concentration, showed to be active in vitro against Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

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