Table 2.
Antifungal activities of EOs against Candida spp.
| MIC/MFC (mg/mL) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fungi Tested | Essential Oils | Antifungals | ||||||||||
| CAF | CAL | CC | CL | MC | PA | PC | PS | SC | SS | Nystatin | Amphotericin B | |
|
C. albicans (ATCC 10,231) |
(32) | (4) | (16) | (8) | (0.25) | (2) | (4) | - | (8) | (8) | (1.56 × 10−3) | (3.13 × 10−3) |
| FS | FC | FS | FS | FC | FC | FS | FC | FS | FS | FS | ||
| [ND] | [32] | [16] | [16] | (16) | [3.13 × 10−3] | [ND] | ||||||
|
C. tropicalis (ATCC 750) |
(8) | (0.016) | (8) | (1) | (0.25) | (2) | (2) | (32) | (1) | (1) | (1.56 × 10−3) | (1.25 × 10−2) |
| FS | FS | FC | FC | FS | FS | FC | FS | FS | FC | FS | FS | |
| [16] | [0.0625] | [1] | [4] | [ND] | [2] | [ND] | [ND] | |||||
MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration, MFC: minimum fungicidal concentration, CC: Cinnamomum camphora; CAL: Citrus aurantium (leaf); CAF: Citrus aurantium (fruit peel), CL: Curcuma longa, MC: Morinda citrifolia, PC: Petroselinum crispum, PS: Pittosporum senacia, PA: Plectranthus amboinicus, SC: Syzygium coriaceum, SS: Syzygium samarangense, - not active; ( ): MIC, FS: fungistatic at MIC, FC: fungicidal at MIC, [ ] new MFC in case not fungicidal at MIC, [ND]: not determined if MFC > MIC × 4.