title: Antifungal activity of clove essential oil and its volatile vapour against dermatophytic fungi.
abstract: Antifungal activities of clove essential oil and its volatile vapour against dermatophytic fungi including Candida albicans, Epidermophyton floccosum. Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Trichophyton rubrum were investigated. Both clove essential oil and its volatile vapour strongly inhibit spore germination and mycelial growth of the dermatophytic fungi tested. The volatile vapour of clove essential oil showed fungistatic activity whereas direct application of clove essential oil showed fungicidal activity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology, Konyang Medical School, Daejeon City, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee Youn
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: Min Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Antifungal activity; Clove oil; Dermatophytic fungi; Volatile vapour