Antidermatophytic activities of nine (9) essential oils

Abstract

The antidermatophytic activity of nine essential oils from 7 plants against 6 fungi was investigated. Fungistatic effect was observed for the oil of Coreopsis bonariensis (2 mg/ml), Laggera alata var alata (1 mg/ml) against Microsporum audouinii and for Cupressus lusitanica oil against Trichophyton mentagrophytes (2 mg/ml). Fungicidal effect was observed for the C. lusitanica (leaves) oil (2 mg/ml) against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Erigeron floribundus (leaves) oil (1 mg/ml) against Candida albicans and for oil of the flowering ends of C. lusitanica against Trichophyton mentagrophytes at 1 mg/ml. Finally, the essential oils of C. lusitanica were found to be the most active while M. audouinii was the least resistant fungus.

Keywords: antidermatophytic, essential oils

East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 7 2004: 6-9