Antifungal activity of the essential oil from Calendula officinalis L. (asteraceae) growing in Brazil

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Zilda Cristiani Gazim · Universidade Paranaense

Cláudia M. Rezende · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Sandra Regina Fraga · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski · Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Diógenes Aparı́cio Garcia Cortez · Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Abstract

This study tested in vitro activity of the essential oil from flowers of Calendula officinalis using disk-diffusion techniques. The antifungal assay results showed for the first time that the essential oil has good potential antifungal activity: it was effective against all 23 clinical fungi strains tested.

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Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

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Published in: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 61-63

DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822008000100015

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Antifungal activity of the essential oil from Calendula officinalis L. (asteraceae) growing in Brazil

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