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Table 2 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) of EOs components (%, v/v) by the broth microdilution (BM) and vapour contact (VC) methods

From: Liquid and vapour-phase antifungal activities of essential oils against Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida

Components

Methods

C.albicans (n = 26)

C.glabrata (n = 10)

C.tropicalis (n = 10)

 

Range

MIC 50

MIC 90

Range

MIC 50

MIC 90

Range

MIC 50

MIC 90

Carvacrol

BM

0.06–0.5

0.125

0.125

0.06–0.25

0.125

0.25

0.25–0.5

0.25

0.25

VC

0.0038

0.0038

0.0038

<0.0019

<0.0019

<0.0019

<0.0019–0.0038

<0.0019

<0.0019

Eugenol

BM

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.125–0.25

0.125

0.25

0.25–0.5

0.25

0.25

VC

0.125–0.5

0.125

0.125

0.06–0.25

0.125

0.125

0.125–0.25

0.125

0.125

Linalool

BM

0.125–1

0.25

0.25

0.125–1

0.5

0.25

0.25–0.5

0.25

0.25

VC

0.0075

0.0075

0.0075

0.0075–0.03

0.015

0.03

0.0015–0.03

0.03

0.03

Linalyl acetate

BM

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

VC

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Thymol

BM

0.06–0.125

0.06

0.06

0.06–0.25

0.125

0.125

0.125–0.5

0.125

0.125

VC

0.0038

0.0038

0.0038

0.0019–0.0038

0.0019

0.0019

<0.0019

<0.0019

<0.0019

α-Pinene

BM

0.06–0.125

0.06

0.06

0.06–0.125

0.06

0.125

0.125–0.5

0.125

0.125

VC

0.25–0.5

0.25

0.5

0.25–0.5

0.25

0.5

0.25–1

0.5

0.5

  1. Results were obtained from 3 independent experiments performed in duplicate and expressed as modal results