Journal
BIOFOULING
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 143-155Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2017.1280731
Keywords
C; albicans; essential oil; biofilm formation; hyphal formation; Caenorhabditis elegans
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- Yeungnam University
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Candida albicans is one of the most common fungal pathogens, and causes systemic and invasive infections in humans. C. albicans biofilms are composed of yeast and hyphal and pseudohyphal elements, and the transition of yeast to the hyphal stage could be a virulence factor. In this study, diverse essential oils were initially investigated for anti-biofilm activity against C. albicans strains, and cascarilla bark oil and helichrysum oil and their components -longipinene (a major constituent of both) and linalool were found to markedly inhibit biofilm formation without affecting planktonic cell growth. Moreover, -longipinene and linalool were found to synergistically reduce biofilm formation. Notably, treatments with cascarilla bark oil, helichrysum oil, -longipinene, or linalool clearly inhibited hyphal formation, and this appeared to be largely responsible for their anti-biofilm effect. Furthermore, the two essential oils, -longipinene and linalool, reduced C. albicans virulence in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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