Effect of the crude extract of Eugenia uniflora in morphogenesis and secretion of hydrolytic enzymes in Candida albicans from the oral cavity of kidney transplant recipients

Table 2 Measurements Candida albicans hyphal sizes of clinical isolates obtained from the oral cavity of kidney transplant recipients after 3 h of incubation in liquid media at 37°C, 200 rpm

Hyphal size (μm)
Strain	Abscence of CE vs. Presence of CE
ATCC 90028	24.68 (24.68 ± 1.79) vs. 13.35 (13.35 ± 0.92)*
SC5314	30 (30 ± 2.47) vs. 16 (16 ± 1.16)*
Strain 01	21.67 (21.67 ± 1.39) vs. 15.02 (15.02 ± 1. 28)*
Strain 05	22.84 (22.84 ± 1.68) vs. 18.17 (18.17 ± 2.12)
Strain 06	19.3 (19.3 ± 1.23) vs. 11.24 (11.24 ± 1.79)*
Strain 12	10.16 (10.3 ± 1.89) vs. 16.62 (16.62 ± 1.34)
Strain 23	16.81 (16.81 ± 2.12) vs. 11.08 (11.08 ± 0,76)
Strain 30	10.06 (10.06 ± 0.86) vs. 14.32 (14.32 ± 0.97)
Strain 37	23.21 (23.21 ± 1.83) vs. 18.55 (18.55 ± 1. 48)*
Strain 40	23.28 (23.28 ± 1.94) vs. 13.6 (13.6 ± 0.91)*
Strain 54	15.35 (15.35 ± 1.41) vs. 3 (3 ± 0.32)*
Strain 10Li	21.25 (21.25 ± 1.87) vs. 11.73 (11.73 ± 0.92)*
Strain 111R	36.15 (36.15 ± 2.56) vs. 25.06 (25.06 ± 1.34)*

*P < 0.05, **CE: Crude Extract of Eugenia uniflora (2000 μg/mL).
Cells were either pre-cultivated in NGY broth in the absence (control experiments) or presence of 2000 μg/ml (test experiments) of the CE of Eugenia uniflora for 24 h, 200 rpm, 30°C of incubation, previously to the filamentation induction experiments. One hundred cells of each strain were scored.

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