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Undecylenic Acid in Widespread Use as Topical Anti-Fungal
There is increasing interest in the use of topical microbicides to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)....
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Lactoferrin Helps Overcome Drug-Resistant Candida Biofilms
The effects of bovine lactoferrin (LF) or the LF-derived antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B (LFcin B) on the growth of Candida...
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Undecylenic Acid Inhibits Candida Biofilm Formation
Resilient liners are frequently used to treat denture stomatitis, a condition often associated with Candida albicans infections. Of 10 liners...
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Lactoferrin Boosts Front Line Troop Effectiveness
To develop a new strategy to control candidiasis, we examined in vivo the anticandidal effects of a synthetic lactoferrin peptide,...
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Lactoferrin Boosts Macrophage Function
Oral administration of lactoferrin (LF), an innate-defense protein present in exocrine secretions such as milk and in neutrophils, is reported...
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Lactoferrin Boosts Neutrophil Function
To establish a novel strategy for the control of fungal infection, we examined the antifungal and neutrophil-activating activities of antimicrobial...
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Lactoferrin Induces Calcium Influx Into Candida to Help Kill It
OBJECTIVES: Earlier studies showed that mitochondrial damage is a hallmark of the candidacidal activity of an N-terminal peptide of human...
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Lactoferrin Protects Vaginal Cells from Candida, Helps Remove Them
OBJECTIVE: To study in vitro growth-inhibitory effects of activated lactoferrin (ALF) against vaginal isolates of Candida species and to measure...
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Lactoferrin's Broad Anti-microbial and Anti-Candida Power
Lactoferrin (Lf) is a multifunctional iron glycoprotein which is known to exert a broad-spectrum primary defense activity against bacteria, fungi,...
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