FIG. 2.

Killing activities of 5 and 2.5 mM concentrations of capric acid and lauric acid against C. albicans (strain I) incubated at 37°C for 30 min and 2 and 5 h. The values are the means from three experiments, with standard deviations ranging from 0 to 0.38; <2.0 indicates that no colony-forming yeast cells were detectable in 100 μl of the 10⁻¹ dilution. Candida cells mixed with broth without lipid were used as a control. Addition of 1% ethanol to the control had no effect on cell growth.