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Essential oils, propolis and nanoparticles of silver and copper as an alternative or supporting agent for conventional therapy and prophylaxis of infections caused by the yeast Candida

2014/15/N/NZ7/03021

Keywords:

Fungal infections alternative therapies multi-drug resistance

Descriptors:

  • NZ7_12: Prevention of human diseases
  • NZ6_7: Mycology
  • NZ1_5: Genetic engineering

Panel:

NZ7 - Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: public health, epidemiology, environmental health risks and occupational medicine, medical ethics, drug discovery and therapies, pharmacology

Host institution :

Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Chemiczny

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Katarzyna Gucwa 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 112 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-09-25

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-12-24

Project duration:: 27 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Spektrofotometr (10 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Investigation of the Antifungal Activity and Mode of Action of Thymus vulgaris, Citrus limonum, Pelargonium graveolens, Cinnamomum cassia, Ocimum basilicum, and Eugenia caryophyllus Essential Oils
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Gucwa, Sławomir Milewski, Tomasz Dymerski, Piotr Szweda
    Academic press:
    Molecules (rok: 2018, tom: 23, strony: 45309), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/molecules23051116 - link to the publication
  2. Antifungal activity and synergism with azoles of Polish propolis
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Gucwa, Barbra Kusznierewicz, Sławomir Milewski, Patrick Van Dijck, Piotr Szweda
    Academic press:
    Pathogens (rok: 2018, tom: 2, strony: 45313), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/pathogens7020056 - link to the publication