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Table 2 In vitro antifungal activity of Icacina trichantha leaves extracts

From: Stigmasterol and β-Sitosterol: Antimicrobial Compounds in the Leaves of Icacina trichantha identified by GC–MS

Extracts

Microorganism/zone of inhibition (mm)

Conc. (mg/ml)

Candida albicans

Aspergillus niger

Penicillium notatum

Rhizopus stolonifer

ICLHE

200

18.0 ± 0.82a

15.7 ± 0.47a

18.0 ± 0.82a

16.3 ± 0.47a

 

100

15.3 ± 0.94b

13.3 ± 0.94b

13.7 ± 0.47b

14.0 ± 0.82b

 

50

13.3 ± 0.94b

11.7 ± 0.47b

11.7 ± 0.47c

11.3 ± 0.94c

 

25

10.3 ± 0.47c

9.3 ± 0.94c

9.3 ± 0.94d

10.3 ± 0.47c

 

12.5

 

6.25

ICLEE

200

13.3 ± 0.47a

14.0 ± 0.82a

 

100

12.6 ± 0.47a

11.3 ± 0.47b

 

50

9.7 ± 0.47b

9.3 ± 0.47c

 

25

 

12.5

 

6.25

ICLME

200

16.0 ± 0.82a

15.7 ± 0.47a

 

100

13.3 ± 0.94b

14.0 ± 0.82b

 

50

11.7 ± 0.47b

12.0 ± 0.82c

 

25

9.7 ± 0.47c

10.7 ± 0.47c

 

12.5

 

6.25

Control

 − ve

Tioconazole

70%

28

26

26

28

  1. ICLHE-Hexane Extract of I. trichantha leaves; ICLEE-Ethylacetate Extract of I. trichantha leaves; ICLME-Methanol Extract I. trichantha leaves; – No Activity; concentrations with different superscripts are significantly different for each extract (p < 0.05)