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Twenty bis-5-methylbenzimidazole compounds were evaluated for theirin vitro antifungal activity againstCandida albicans andCandida tropicalis. Except for three all compounds exhibited an antifungal activity against these yeasts over a range of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) between 25 and 800 mg/L.
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Küçükbay, H., Durmaz, R., Okyucu, N. et al. Antifungal activity of some bis-5-methylbenzimidazole compounds. Folia Microbiol 48, 679–681 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993478
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