In Vitro Effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume Essential Oil on Candida spp. Involved in Oral Infections

Figure 1

Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume EO (250 μg/mL) and nystatin interference with the growth and multiplication of C. albicans ATCC 60193. Concentrations: (a) MIC: cinnamon (250 μg/mL)/nystatin (0.375 μg/mL); (b) MIC x 2: cinnamon (500 μg/mL)/nystatin (0.750 μg/mL); (c) MIC x 4 cinnamon (1,000 μg/mL)/nystatin (1.5 μg/mL). Significant CFU reduction (Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s post hoc test, < 0.05).

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