Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus inhibits virulence factors and promotes metabolic changes in Candida yeast.

Introduction: This is the first study to examine the in vitro susceptibility and the expression of virulence factors in Candida species in the presence of Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) L.R. Landrum (Myrtaceae), a Brazilian plant known as paucravo.