Skip to main content

Table 3 Antifungal activity of ethanolic extract of propolis from different geographical origins against Candida glabrata strains

From: Antifungal and anti-biofilm activity of a new Spanish extract of propolis against Candida glabrata

Candida glabrata (n)

Propolis origin

Range MIC (μg/ml or %v/v)

Range MFC (μg/ml or %v/v)

MIC Methodology

References

12

Spain

60–240 (0.1–0.4%)

240–480 (0.4–0.8%)

Agar dilution a

Present work

1

France *

15.63–31.25

Microdilution in broth b

Boisard et al. [16]

14

Poland *

1.25- > 5%

 

Szweda et al. [21]

1

Poland *

0.31- > 2.5%

 

Gucwa et al. [26]

14

Iran

250–5000

250–8000

Microdilution in broth b

Shokri et al. [19]

1

Brazil

64

256

Microdilution in broth a

Siqueira et al. [20]

1

Brazil *

7.8

250

Microdilution in broth a

Freires et al. [17]

  1. MIC minimum inhibitory concentration; MFC minimum fungicidal concentration by microdilution in broth and subculture on agar in all studies; (*) several propolis samples; (−) No data; (a) 100% inhibition of growth; (b) 80% reduction of growth