Research Article

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

Table 4

Effect of exogenous ergosterol (400 μg/ml) on the MIC of C. zeylanicum Blume EO against strains C. albicans CBS 562 and C. tropicalis ATCC 750 (values expressed as μg/mL).

StrainC. zeylanicum EONystatinAmphotericin B
MICMIC with ergosterolMICMIC with ergosterolMICMIC with ergosterol

C. albicans ATCC 601932502500.3753<0.531.25
C. tropicalis ATCC 7502505000.756<0.515.62