Table 1
Antifungal activities of nerolidol, citral, eugenol and α-terpineol against
T. mentagrophytes depending upon its concentration levels.
0.05 mg/ml 0.1 mg/ml 0.15 mg/ml 0.2 mg/ml
Citral 8.5% 100% 100% 100%
Eugenol 7.9% 50.6% 100% 100%
Nerolidol 34.6% 74.5% 85.2% 90.6%
α-terpineol 2.6% 2.6% 5.0% 11.3%
Petri dishes treated with terpenes were incubated at 28 °C for 10 days.
The antifungal activity of each terpenewas obtained by agar dilutionmethods.
Each value represents the mean of 6 evaluations.