Fig. 1
Murine experimental models. a Safety assessment of biosurfactant (BS) from L. crispatus BC1 in the murine vaginal tract. b Preventive, simultaneous and preventive–simultaneous effect of BS against C. albicans 2 infection. H: Subcutaneous injection of 0.02 mg β-Estradiol 17-valerate (↑). Arrow correspond to one intravaginal (i.va.) inoculation of: saline (S, 
), BS [20 µL containing 1.25 mg/mL of BS (
)], or C. albicans 2 [20 µL containing 106 CFU (C.a., 
)] into BALB/c mice. Sd (
): sampling day