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Table 3 Antifungal activity of A. jacquemontii extracts against five fungal strains

From: Phytochemical, in-vitro biological and chemo-preventive profiling of Arisaema jacquemontii Blume tuber extracts

Microorganism

Diameter of growth inhibition zone (mm)

n-Hex

CHCl3

Ace

EtOAc

EtOH

MeOH

EtOH+ CHCl3

MeOH + C CHCl3

Ace + EtOAc

EtOH+ EtOAc

MeOH+ EtOAc

Terbinafine

F. fumagatus

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

10 ± 0.71

M. specie

--

7.5 ± 0.70 b*

6.25 ± 0.70 cd*

6.2 ± 0.76 cd*

--

9.7 ± 0.41a*

5.7 ± 0.75 cd*

--

--

5.5 ± 0.70e*

7 ± 0.706a*

15 ± 0.77

A. niger

--

7.0 ± 0.71a*

7.5 ± 1.41ab*

--

--

7.7 ± 0.71a*

6.5 ± 0.71 c*

06 ± 0.71c*

6.7 ± 0.71bc*

6.25 ± 0.70c*

6.2 ± 0.71c*

11 ± 0.56

F. soloni

--

--

7.0 ± 0.71b*

--

--

--

6.2 ± 0.71c*

9.8 ± 0.71a*

--

--

--

22 ± 0.81

F. flavus

--

--

--

--

--

9.5.0 ± 0.11a*

8.7 ± 1.96b*

--

--

--

--

12 ± 0.45

  1. Values are presented as mean + SD (n = 3)
  2. --: no zone of inhibition, LSD all pair wise comparison Alpha 0.05 a*, b*, etc.in which the means are not significantly different from one another
  3. Positive control = Terbinafine, Negative control = DMSO (no zone of inhibition)