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. 2015 Dec 21;6:1420. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01420

Table 3.

Synergism of phenolic compounds with traditional antifungals in their action against Candida albicans.

Compound Fluconazole Amphotericin B Itraconazole Others
2,5 Dihydroxybenzaldehyde ___ Faria et al., 2011 Faria et al., 2011 ___
Baicalein Huang et al., 2008 Fu et al., 2011 ___ ___
Benzoic acid∗∗ ___ Faria et al., 2011 Faria et al., 2011 ___
Benzyl benzoate Zore et al., 2011 ___ ___ ___
Butylated hydroxyanisole Simonetti et al., 2002 Andrews et al., 1977; Beggs et al., 1978 Simonetti et al., 2003
Carvacrol Ahmad et al., 2013 ___ ___ ___
Cinnamaldehyde Khan and Ahmad, 2012 ___ ___ ___
Curcumin I Sharma et al., 2010 Sharma et al., 2010 Sharma et al., 2010 Sharma et al., 2010
Epigallocatechin-gallate Hirasawa and Takada, 2004 Hirasawa and Takada, 2004; Han, 2007 Navarro-Martinez et al., 2006 Navarro-Martinez et al., 2006
Eugenol Ahmad et al., 2010a; Zore et al., 2011; Khan and Ahmad, 2012∗∗∗ ___ ___ ___
Glabridin Liu et al., 2014 ___ ___ Messier and Grenier, 2011
Honokiol Jin et al., 2010 ___ ___ ___
Licochalcone A ___ ___ ___ Messier and Grenier, 2011
Methyleugenol Ahmad et al., 2010a ___ ___ ___
Punicalagin Endo et al., 2010 ___ ___ ___
Propyl gallate D’Auria et al., 2001 Andrews et al., 1977; Beggs et al., 1978 D’Auria et al., 2001 Strippoli et al., 2000
Thymol Guo et al., 2009; Faria et al., 2011; Ahmad et al., 2013 Guo et al., 2009; Faria et al., 2011 Faria et al., 2011 ___

Ineffectiveness antifungal effect of phenolic alone; ∗∗phenolic acid; ∗∗∗performed on biofilm formation; resistant strain; resistant and susceptible strains.