Antifungal Activity of Bulgarian Rose Damascena Oil against Vaginitis-Causing Opportunistic Fungi

Table 1

Efficacy of Bulgarian rose damascena oil against Candida species.

Essential oils	Concs. (%)	Antifungal effect (clear zone diameter, mm)
		C. glabrata		C. albicans
		KBNO6P 00368	KBNO6P 00369	KACC 30003	KACC 30004
Origanum vulgare	2	17.3 ± 0.4	17.4 ± 0.2	17.4 ± 0.2	17.3 ± 0.4
Ocimum basilicum	2	8.7 ± 0.6	8.9 ± 0.6	9.5 ± 0.5	9.6 ± 0.1
Mentha spicata	2	8.6 ± 0.6	8.6 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.2	8.4 ± 0.1
Melaleuca alternifolia	2	8.9 ± 0.8	8.2 ± 0.0	8.9 ± 0.4	9.8 ± 1.1
Mentha × piperita	2	10.3 ± 0.7	9.2 ± 0.3	9.5 ± 0.7	10.2 ± 0.4
Eucalyptus	2	8.9 ± 1.2	8.1 ± 0.1	8.3 ± 0.0	8.4 ± 0.2
Lavandula	2	8.9 ± 0.1	9.1 ± 0.4	9.5 ± 0.1	10.2 ± 1.0
Bulgarian rose damascena	2	9.3 ± 0.1	9.8 ± 0.4	10.0 ± 0.6	12.0 ± 0.3
Ethanol	70	8.0 ± 0.0	8.0 ± 0.0	8.0 ± 0.0	8.0 ± 0.0