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Antifungal and antibiofilm activities of the essential oil of leaves from Lippia gracilis Schauer against phytopathogenic fungi.

T N S OliveiraC M S Silva-FilhoE A MalveiraT K B AguiarHélcio Silva Dos SantosC C AlbuquerqueM B MoraisEdson Holanda TeixeiraMayron Alves de Vasconcelos
Published in: Journal of applied microbiology (2020)
These findings indicate that the EO extracted from L. gracilis, and the monoterpenes, carvacrol and thymol have a great potential as antifungal and antibiofilm agents. Furthermore, this is the first report of the antibiofilm activity of the EO of L. gracilis and its major components against phytopathogenic fungi.
Keyphrases
  • essential oil
  • candida albicans
  • human health