Sodium butyrate inhibits pathogenic yeast growth and enhances the functions of macrophages.
Objectives: Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that is produced by several human commensal bacteria, such as Clostridium and Lactobacillus species. Butyrate is also known to inhibit histone deacetylase. In this study we assessed the antifungal activity of sodium butyrate (SB) against the human pat...
| Published in: | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC) Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 2573 - 2581 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2011
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |