Origanum vulgare L. essential oil inhibits virulence patterns of Candida spp. and potentiates the effects of fluconazole and nystatin in vitro

Table 2 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of O. vulgare essential oil against C. albicans and non-albicans

	Minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/L)
	*C. albicans* ATCC 90029	*C. albicans* ATCC 10231	*C. krusei* ATCC 6258	*C. dubliniensis* CD36
Fluconazole	0.76 ± 0.1	256 ± 10	44.52 ± 1.3	1.10 ± 0.1
Nystatin	0.33 ± 0.10	0.48 ± 0.10	1.40 ± 0.40	3.52 ± 0.30
O-EO	0.01 ± 2.3 × 10⁻⁴	0.97 ± 0.32	5.33 ± 0.87	2.61 ± 0.26

Results are expressed as mean (mg/L) + SD of at least three independent experiments. O-EO Origanum essential oil

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