Table 2.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (µg/mL) and minimum fungicidal concentration (µg/mL) of essential oils and clotrimazole tested with Candida species.

Candida spp. Isolates	C. limon		C. sempervirens		L. cubeba		M. alternifolia		Clotrimazole
	MIC	MFC	MIC	MFC	MIC	MFC	MIC	MFC	MIC	MFC
C. albicans ATCC 90028	2000	1000	2000	4000	1000	1000	2000	4000	0.25	0.25
C. albicans SV 01	4000	>4000	4000	>4000	2000	4000	4000	>4000	0.125	0.25
C. glabrata ATCC 2001	4000	4000	2000	4000	2000	4000	4000	4000	0.015	0.030
C. glabrata SV 02	4000	>4000	1000	4000	2000	4000	4000	>4000	0.25	0.5
C. krusei ATCC 6258	4000	>4000	2000	4000	1000	2000	4000	4000	0.5	1
C. krusei SV 03	1000	4000	500	1000	500	1000	2000	4000	0.5	1
C. parapsilosis ATCC 22019	1000	4000	4000	4000	1000	4000	4000	4000	0.25	0.5
C. parapsilosis SV 04	4000	>4000	>4000	>4000	2000	4000	4000	>4000	0.125	0.25

MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration (µg/mL); MFC: minimum fungicidal concentration (µg/mL). Fungicide: (MFC/MIC: <4) in bold.