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CA00043  Lycopene Antifungal activity against C. albicans by aressting their cell cycle (Ref.482).    CA01225  Loliolide Variety of biological properties such as anti-cancer, antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant. Also used in alternative medicine in treatment of diabetes and depression (Ref.770). Ref.482 : Sung Woo Sang, In-Seon-Lee, and Dong Gun Lee, J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2007), 17(11), 1797-1804, "Damage to the Cytoplasmic Membrane and Cell Death Caused by Lycopene in Candida albicans". Ref.770 : Malgorzata Grabarczyk et al., Folia Biologica et Oecologica 11: (2015), DOI: 10.1515/fobio-2015-0001, “Loliolide - the most ubiquitous lactone”.

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