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. 2024 May 28;14(6):693. doi: 10.3390/life14060693

Table 2.

Means of inhibition zones (in mm ± SD) of tested Candida strains (3 repetitions were used for each strain (n = 3)) under treatment with EOs.

EOs Tested Yeast
C. albicans C. glabrata C. tropicalis C. parapsilosis
Means of Inhibition Zone (IZ) Diameters (mm) ± SD
Ho-Sho 26.03 g ± 0.25 22.37 h ± 0.55 25.57 i ± 0.67 25.57 h ± 0.51
Ginger 28.23 h ± 0.75 22.17 h ± 1.26 26.13 i ± 0.15 27.50 i ± 0.50
Dill 20.77 e ± 0.25 15.47 f ± 0.42 20.27 g ± 0.64 20.47 f ± 0.55
Mint citrata 11.27 c ± 0.87 8.00 c ± 0.92 9.80 d ± 0.26 10.23 c ± 0.87
Juniper 3.37 a ± 1.00 0.67 a ± 1.15 1.80 a ± 0.26 2.80 a ± 0.26
Fennel 16.70 d ± 0.44 14.27 ef ± 0.31 15.67 f ± 0.49 15.73 e ± 0.38
Cardamon 15.40 d ± 0.60 12.33 d ± 0.21 13.33 e ± 0.42 13.43 d ± 0.49
Myrrh 5.67 b ± 0.80 0.00 a ± 0.00 3.83 b ± 0.21 3.47 a ± 0.15
Absinth 23.77 f ± 0.32 18.03 g ± 0.25 22.20 h ± 0.53 22.60 g ± 0.53
Star anise 16.87 d ± 0.15 13.43 de ± 0.67 15.23 f ± 0.75 14.17 d ± 0.47
Sweet flag 10.73 c ± 0.64 5.80 b ± 0.26 6.63 c ± 0.21 7.63 b ± 0.55
Tea tree 10.70 c ± 0.79 7.77 c ± 0.25 9.77 d ± 0.25 10.30 c ± 0.62

Note: SD—standard deviation; data in the column followed by different letters were significantly different in 95.0% Tukey HSD test, p < 0.05.