Olive Leaf Extract IS an antifungal as well !!

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at least in these studies it killed candida as well as microbes... fwiw... in the first study the concentration required for supressing candida was stronger than that for bacteria...natasa Mycoses. 2003 Apr;46(3-4):132-6. In vitro antimicrobial activity of olive leaves.Markin D,...Department of Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.We

investigated the antimicrobial effect of olive leaves against bacteria

and fungi. The microorganisms tested were inoculated in various

concentrations of olive leaf water extract. Olive leaf 0.6% (w/v) water

extract killed almost all bacteria tested, within 3 h. Dermatophytes

were inhibited by 1.25% (w/v) plant extract following a 3-day exposure

whereas Candida albicans was killed following a 24 h incubation in the

presence of 15% (w/v) plant extract. Olive leaf extract fractions,

obtained by dialysis, that showed antimicrobial activity consisted of

particles smaller than 1000 molecular rate cutoffs. Scanning electron

microscopic observations of C. albicans, exposed to 40% (w/v) olive

leaf extract, showed invaginated and amorphous cells. Escherichia coli

cells, subjected to a similar treatment but exposed to only 0.6% (w/v)

olive leaf extract showed complete destruction. These findings suggest

an antimicrobial potential for olive leaves.PMID: 12870202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Molecules. 2007 May 26;12(5):1153-62.LinksPhenolic compounds and antimicrobial activity of olive (Olea europaea L. Cv. Cobrançosa) leaves.Pereira AP...CIMO/Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus Sta Apolónia, Apt. 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal.We

report the determination of phenolic compounds in olive leaves by

reversed-phase HPLC/DAD, and the evaluation of their in vitro activity

against several microorganisms that may be causal agents of human

intestinal and respiratory tract infections, namely gram positive

(Bacillus cereus, B. subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus), gram negative

bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella

pneumoniae) and fungi (Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans).

Seven phenolic compounds were identified and quantified: caffeic acid,

verbascoside, oleuropein, luteolin 7-O-glucoside, rutin, apigenin

7-O-glucoside and luteolin 4'-O-glucoside. At low concentrations olive

leaves extracts showed an unusual combined antibacterial and antifungal

action, which suggest their great potential as nutraceuticals,

particularly as a source of phenolic compounds.PMID: 17873849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]