Figure 3From: Beneficial effect of Mentha suaveolens essential oil in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis assessed by real-time monitoring of infection Cytotoxicity of essential oils on mammalian cells. Monomac 6 and L929 cells were treated with different concentrations of essential oils for 2 h. The cytotoxicity was tested by the determination of the cell ATP level by a bioluminescent method. Results, expressed as Relative luciferase activity (RLUC), represent the mean ± SD of three different experiments. The statistical significance was evaluated with the Student's t-test (two-tailed). * P-values of < 0.05 were considered significant.Back to article page