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- Title
Antifungal Activity of Bulgarian Rose Damascena Oil against Vaginitis-Causing Opportunistic Fungi.
- Authors
Lee, Yejin; Park, Eunhye; Jang, Bohee; Hwang, Jisun; Lee, Jinmin; Oh, Eok-Soo
- Abstract
Since Bulgarian rose damascena oil is known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties, we investigated its antifungal activity against the species of Candida, which are among the most common opportunistic fungal pathogens. Our disk-diffusion assay revealed that Bulgarian rose damascena oil effectively inhibited the growth of Candida albicans along with various bacteria. The minimum inhibitory and fungicidal concentrations against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata were all 0.25%. Under our experimental conditions, Bulgarian rose damascena oil showed better inhibitory effects on Candida glabrata and Candida albicans than several popular essential oils reported to have antifungal activity other than Origanum vulgare oil. Interestingly, Bulgarian rose damascena oil showed better antifungal activity against Candida species at acidic pH and induced cell death of Candida species in the culture medium, with cell death seen in 25–35% of the cells exposed to 0.05% Bulgarian rose damascena oil. Furthermore, Bulgarian rose damascena oil inhibited the hyphal growth of Candida albicans cultured in the RPMI medium with fetal bovine serum. These findings collectively suggest that Bulgarian rose damascena oil has antifungal activity against Candida species and thus could potentially be developed in novel therapies for vaginitis-causing pathogenic fungi.
- Subjects
PHYTOTHERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL agents; OPPORTUNISTIC infections; ESSENTIAL oils; COMMUNICABLE diseases; CANDIDA; ANTI-inflammatory agents; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTI-infective agents; VAGINITIS; FLOWERS; MYCOSES; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ALTERNATIVE medicine; PLANT extracts; MICROBIAL virulence; BACTERIA; CELL death; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2023, p1
- ISSN
1741-427X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2023/5054865