Table 6.

Antifungal screening of the prepared NLCs (zone inhibition diameter).

Fungus strain	Inhibition zone (mm) of each single component and tailored NLCs
	α-Terpinene	Carvacrol	Nerolidol	Citronellal	Geraniol	FLU	1 (NLC-FLU-MTs)	2 (NLC-MTs)	Cont
C. tropicalis	12 ± 0.41	18 ± 0.60	18 ± 0.42	18 ± 0.33	22 ± 0.62	21 ± 0.2	35 ± 0.75	27 ± 0.80	22 ± 0.4
C. krusei	NA	19 ± 0.20	NA	18 ± 0.30	NA	14 ± 0.10	27 ± 0.40	22 ± 0.20	13 ± 0.10
C. glabrata	NA	NA	NA	14 ± 0.10	NA	11 ± 0.08	30 ± 0.50	14 ± 0.28	15 ± 0.14
G. candidum	14 ± 0.11	24 ± 0.00	22 ± 0.18	24 ± 0.22	18 ± 0.15	20 ± 0.18	32 ± 0.45	30 ± 0.64	27 ± 0.33
C. albicans	18 ± 0.16	16 ± 0.10	18 ± 0.14	22 ± 0.19	24 ± 0.26	16 ± 0.17	33 ± 0.59	29 ± 0.49	24 ± 0.22
Asp. niger	NA	14 ± 0.12	22 ± 0.15	11 ± 0.07	19 ± 0.25	16 ± 0.19	26 ± 0.23	19 ± 0.20	18 ± 0.21
Mucor circinelloide	12 ± 0.09	15 ± 0.09	13 ± 0.10	14 ± 0.10	11 ± 0.10	14 ± 0.16	18 ± 0.19	11 ± 0.1	18 ± 0.19