*3.5. Antifungal Assays*

The antifungal bioassays were conducted following the standards recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [24]. Three pathogenic fungal strains, *Candida albicans* ATCC 24433, *Candida tropicalis* ATCC 20962, and *Candida parapsilosis* ATCC 22019, were used. Amphotericin B was used as a positive control.
