Anti-dermatomycosis potential of essential oils extracted from Ecuadorian endemic medicinal species: Ocotea quixos, Clinopodium nubigenum, Piperomia inaequifolia and Psidium …

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Fungal infections that are resistant to treatment are an emerging public health problem (CDC, 2017). Dermatomycosis are fungal infections that are widespread throughout the world, and they are an important cause of morbidity (Borgers et al, 2005), they are mainly caused by dermatophytes, but commensal yeasts are also important causative agents of infection (Gupta, 2008). Due to a minimal fraction of the known biodiversity has been sufficiently studied to know its properties and potentialities for the multiple benefits for humans (Estrella, 2005), the high biological and cultural diversity of Ecuador, positioning the country in one with great potential in terms of traditional therapeutics. This study was carried out to characterize chemical components by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) of essential oils extracted from four endemic

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2017

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