Table 14.
Antimicrobial (yeasts and fungi) activity of the essential oil using disc diffusion.
The Yeasts and Fungi Strain | Diameter of Inhibition Zones (mm) |
|
---|---|---|
Essential Oil (40 µL/Disk) |
Itraconazole (25 µg/Disk) |
|
Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 4226 | 17.0 b ± 0.5 | 0.0 d |
Candida albicans IPA200 | 13.0 c ± 0.4 | 24.0 a ± 0.9 |
Candida tropicalis (Ct) | 2.04 d ± 0.8 | 17.0 b ± 0.7 |
Candida glabrata (Cg) | 18.0 a ± 0.6 | 13.0 c ± 0.4 |
HSD0.05 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Letter indicators at averages determine the so-called homogeneous groups (statistically homogeneous).