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Nazzaro F, Fratianni F, Coppola R, et al. Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2017;10(4)doi: 10.3390/ph10040086.
Nazzaro, F., Fratianni, F., Coppola, R., & Feo, V. (2017). Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 10(4), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ph10040086
Nazzaro, Filomena, et al. "Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity." Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) vol. 10,4 (2017). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ph10040086
Nazzaro F, Fratianni F, Coppola R, Feo V. Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2017 Nov 02;10(4). doi: 10.3390/ph10040086. PMID: 29099084; PMCID: PMC5748643.
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Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2017 Nov 02;10(4). doi: 10.3390/ph10040086.

Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity.

Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)

Filomena Nazzaro, Florinda Fratianni, Raffaele Coppola, Vincenzo De Feo

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Food Science-National Research Council (CNR-ISA), Via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy. [email protected].
  2. Institute of Food Science-National Research Council (CNR-ISA), Via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy. [email protected].
  3. DiAAA, Molise University, Via de Sanctis s.n., 86100 Campobasso, Italy. [email protected].
  4. Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 29099084 PMCID: PMC5748643 DOI: 10.3390/ph10040086

Abstract

Since ancient times, folk medicine and agro-food science have benefitted from the use of plant derivatives, such as essential oils, to combat different diseases, as well as to preserve food. In Nature, essential oils play a fundamental role in protecting the plant from biotic and abiotic attacks to which it may be subjected. Many researchers have analyzed in detail the modes of action of essential oils and most of their components. The purpose of this brief review is to describe the properties of essential oils, principally as antifungal agents, and their role in blocking cell communication mechanisms, fungal biofilm formation, and mycotoxin production.

Keywords: antifungal; biofilm; essential oils; human health; mycotoxins; quorum sensing

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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