New Claims for Wild Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. carota) Essential Oil

Table 4

Influence of subinhibitory concentrations of the essential oil of Daucus carota subsp. carota on germ tube formation of C. albicans ATCC 10231.

Essential oil concentration	Candida albicans ATCC 10231
(µL/mL)	(% of filamentous cells)
0.00 (control)	100.00 ± 0.00
5.00 (MIC)	0.00 ± 0.00
2.50 (MIC/2)	0.59 ± 1.0
1.25 (MIC/4)	0.88 ± 1.54
0.64 (MIC/8)	1.63 ± 2.82
0.32 (MIC/16)	2.52 ± 4.36
0.16 (MIC/32)	2.90 ± 1.25
0.08 (MIC/64)	21.49 ± 10.89
0.04 (MIC/128)	44.44 ± 8.60
0.02 (MIC/256)	68.54 ± 5.09

Samples with 1% (v/v) DMSO.