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Objective To study the antifungal activity of N2 derivatives. Methods The anti-fungal activity of N2 compounds was investigated by micro-liquid dilution. Then the activity of N2 compounds on hyphal and biofilm formation was investigated. Results N2 compounds had significant antifungal activity against Candida albicans. It also expressed actively inhibitory effect on hyphal and biofilm formation. The mechanism of its fungicidal function was to damage the structure of candida albicans’ cell membrane and cell wall. Conclusion The results showed that N2 had obvious antifungal activity against Candida albicans., which provided a new idea for the development of antifungal drugs and the solution of antifungal drugs resistance.
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Candida albicans is one of the most common species of Candida, which is an important cause of invasive candidiasis in clinic. Due to the frequently use of classical antifungal agents, there are amounts of drug resistant C. albicans being isolated, causing the significantly decreasing of the efficacy of some antifungal agents in clinical treatment. Besides, the use of some compounds in clinic has been limited because of their toxicities. In such a context, drug combination therapy shows great potential on antifungal because of the synergy of different drugs or therapeutic methods that could bring, which could improve the weaknesses of single drug.
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For displaying the three-dimensional (3D) digital model of teeth, we constructed a digital learning platform of "oral anatomy and physiology-tooth morphology" based on the WeChat small program of smart phones integrating teaching resources like texts, pictures, videos, three-dimensional animation and others. The textual content of tooth morphology was edited according to the Chinese textbook Oral Anatomy and Physiology (seventh edition) of the People's Health Publishing House and Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion. After photographing and cone beam CT scanning the tooth in vitro, JPEG file of tooth contour and DICOM file of tooth cross section were obtained. Continuous tomographic dynamic pictures of the tooth and 3D videos was presented by adopting software of Photoshop CS6, CS 3D imaging (affiliated simple software of cone beam CT), Snagit, Video Editor and Aijianji. Following steps of WeChat official website to register, develop, compose code, upgrade pictures and texts, submit to be verified and release, small program "Dental Anatomy Learning Platform" was completed and put into use. According to the survey, 90.3%(93) users believed the small program is helpful to learn Oral Anatomy and Physiology, especially in deepening the understanding of the tooth morphology and structure; 96.1%(99) users considered that the small program can be added to the classroom as a supplement, but it can't replace the textbook totally. The development of "Dental Anatomy Learning Platform" will provide methodological guidance for the development and integration of various dental teaching resources on the internet.
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For displaying the three-dimensional ( 3D ) digital model of teeth , we constructed a digital learning platform of "oral anatomy and physiology-tooth morphology" based on the WeChat small program of smart phones integrating teaching resources like texts , pictures , videos , three-dimensional animation and others. The textual content of tooth morphology was edited according to the Chinese textbook Oral Anatomy and Physiology (seventh edition) of the People's Health Publishing House and Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion. After photographing and cone beam CT scanning the tooth in vitro, JPEG file of tooth contour and DICOM file of tooth cross section were obtained. Continuous tomographic dynamic pictures of the tooth and 3D videos was presented by adopting software of Photoshop CS6, CS 3D imaging (affiliated simple software of cone beam CT), Snagit, Video Editor and Aijianji. Following steps of WeChat official website to register, develop, compose code, upgrade pictures and texts, submit to be verified and release, small program "Dental Anatomy Learning Platform" was completed and put into use. According to the survey, 90.3％(93) users believed the small program is helpful to learn Oral Anatomy and Physiology, especially in deepening the understanding of the tooth morphology and structure;96.1％( 99 ) users considered that the small program can be added to the classroom as a supplement, but it can't replace the textbook totally . The development of "Dental Anatomy Learning Platform" will provide methodological guidance for the development and integration of various dental teaching resources on the internet.