Table 2 Antifungal activity of Eugenia caryophyllata essential oil against oral yeast
Strains | Numbers of tested strains (%) | Mean of clear zone (mm) ±SD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eugenia essential oil (3 mg) | AmpB (100 μg) | |||||
Candida albicans | 41 (89.13) | 18.4 ± 0.5 | 10.07 ± 0.172 | |||
Candida guilliermondii | 2 (4.35) | 20.5 ± 0.707 | 11 ± 0.707 | |||
Candida glabrata | 1 (2.17) | 14.5 ± 0.707 | 9.5 ± 0.707 | |||
Candida tropicalis | 1 (2.17) | 19 | 9 ± 1.4 | |||
Geotricum capitatum | 1 (2.17) | 24.5 ± 2.12 | 8 | |||
Total | 46 (100) | |||||