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Table 3 The effect of alcoholic plant extracts on the growth of C. albicans inoculated into LB broth media

From: Assessment of herbal drugs for promising anti-Candida activity

 

Effect on C. albicans inoculated into LB broth (% growth in relation to negative control)

Days of incubation

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Extract Conc. (μg/mL)

25

50

100

25

50

100

25

50

100

A. marina

200 ± 5.2

100 ± 3.1

70 ± 4.2

100 ± 2.4

100 ± 2.3

100 ± 2.3

100 ± 3.7

100 ± 5.2

100 ± 3.1

F. indica

180 ± 0.4

100 ± 3.2

60 ± 3.5

100 ± 0.1

100 ± 3.5

100 ± 4.2

100 ± 4.4

100 ± 5.4

100 ± 3.9

L. inermis*

0 ± 0.2

0 ± 0.4

0 ± 1.2

8 ± 0.4

0 ± 1.0

0 ± 0.5

25 ± 0.2

16 ± 0.4

0 ± 0.4

P. oleracea*

8 ± 0.5

0 ± 0.5

0 ± 1.5

19 ± 0.3

0 ± 0.3

0 ± 0.3

40 ± 0.1

33 ± 0.3

27 ± 0.2

S. persica*

15 ± 0.2

9 ± 0.6

0 ± 0.3

35 ± 0.4

20 ± 0.2

20 ± 0.1

100 ± 0.4

100 ± 1.1

100 ± 0.5

Z. spina- Christi

250 ± 2.1

150 ± 0.8

100 ± 0.5

100 ± 0.3

100 ± 2.4

100 ± 0.6

100 ± 1.3

100 ± 0.9

100 ± 0.5

A. tenuifolius*

23 ± 0.5

15 ± 0.3

0 ± 0.1

50 ± 0.5

45 ± 0.2

30 ± 1.2

100 ± 1.2

100 ± 0.4

100 ± 0.6

  1. * Significant difference with P value < 0.05 (measured by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)). The standard error represents the mean of three replicas. The growth measured by absorbance at OD600 by microplate reader