Candida albicans and Malassezia furfur are fungal pathogens that can cause skin infections. This disease be easily transmitted from one individual to another. The use of antibiotic drugs pathogenic fungi become resistant. Therefore, there is a need for the development new antifungal substances, which comes mangrove sediment bacteria. research was conducted with aim obtaining bacterial isolats s...

Objective: Dandruff is a scalp problem that occurs in almost all people the world. The main cause of dandruff growth fungus on scalp. This study aims to evaluate antifungal activity Langir bark against Malassezia furfur, vitro and silico. Methods: In testing was carried out using agar diffusion method with paper disks calculate inhibition zones stem extract fractions, while silico test molecula...

Context: Dandruff a very common scalp disorder with high prevalence in population is caused by numerous host factors in conjunction with Malassezia furfur. Most of the commercially available anti-dandruff hair shampoos contain some form of antifungal agent(s) that appear to reduce the incidence of the disease. There are no good scientific studies done to prove the antifungal activity of commerc...

1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. 2Department of Community Medicine, Saddam Medical College, Saddam University, Baghdad, Iraq (Correspondence to W. A. Al-Kubaisy: [email protected]). 3Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq. Received: 13/09/01; accepted: 07/04/04 ABSTRACT To determin...