Glutathione levels in and total antioxidant capacity of Candida sp. cells exposed to oxidative stress caused by hydrogen peroxide

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Maxwel Adriano Abegg, Paulo Vinícius Gil Alabarse, Ártur Krumberg Schüller, Mara Silveira Benfato
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Candida sp; Glutationa; Capacidade antioxidante total; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Tac
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000500015; https://doaj.org/article/cf44fca00e0641f08b0dcf0c47a57b27

INTRODUCTION: The capacity to overcome the oxidative stress imposed by phagocytes seems to be critical for Candida species to cause invasive candidiasis. METHODS: To better characterize the oxidative stress response (OSR) of 8 clinically relevant Candida sp., glutathione, a vital component of the in...