Although microemulsions have been utilized to dissolve hydrophobic
compounds for food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and oil
recovery applications (Ma & Zhong, 2015), only a limited number of
reports relevant to their use for antimicrobial purposes are available.
The utilization of microemulsions as antimicrobials is quite a
new and promising application. In the current work, we explored
the possibility of reinforcing CEO antimicrobial activity by loading it
in microemulsion system. Interestingly, CEO microemulsions
showed better control efficiency against P. digitatum than pure oil
in vitro and in vivo.