TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of the Anti-Fungal Effect of Eucalyptus Globulus L. and
Teucrium Polium L. Extracts and Nystatin on Candida
Albicans: An Experimental Study
AU - Satvati, Seyed Amir Razavi AU - Poorzamani, Mahsa AU - Nasagh, Marzieh Saheb AU - poor, Ateke Movaghari AU - Musa, Seyed Sajad Hoseini AU - Sharifi, Roohollah AU - Rezaei, Fatemeh AU - Mozaffari, Hamid Reza
JO - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL - 10
IS - 5
SP - 461
EP - 464
PY - 2016
DA - 2001/08/19
SN - 1815-9346
DO - rjmsci.2016.461.464
UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2016.461.464
KW - Eucalyptus
KW -teucrium
KW -nystatin
KW -candida albicans
KW -nystatin
AB - Medicinal plants have limited side effects and lower cost than pharmaceutical drugs. Thus,
the present study was conducted to compare the antifungal effect of Eucalyptus globules L. and
Teucrium polium L. extracts with Nystatin in-vitro. In this experimental study, the hydro-alcoholic extract
(50, 100 and 250 mg L–1) was obtained through percolation method for Eucalyptus globulus L. and
Teucrium polium L. separately. Candida albicans was cultured in Mueller Hinton Agar and a disk containing
each concentration of the plants, a disk containing Nystatin as a positive control and a disk containing distilled
water as negative control were placed in each culture plate. After 48 h, the mean diameter of the growth
inhibition zone for each extract was compared with the mean diameter of the growth inhibition zone for Nystatin.
Data were analyzed by SPSS Software (Version 21). The mean diameter of the growth inhibition zone around
the disks containing eucalyptus extract in all concentrations was lower than Nystatin (p<0.001). The
Teucrium polium L. extract did not indicate any effect on the development of Candida albicans in all
concentrations. The hydro-alcoholic extract of Eucalyptus globules L. showed moderate antifungal effect
against Candida albicans compared with Nystatin.
ER -