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. 2023 Apr 29;13:7032. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31888-y

Table 4.

Antifungal activity of fenugreek leaves, unprocessed and processed seeds against some mycotoxinogenic fungal strains.

Mycotoxinogenic fungi Inhibition zones (mm) (Mean ± STDEV*)
Negative control Positive control ADFL Fenugreek seeds
UFS SFS GFS BFS
(1) A. carbonarius 0 18.78 ± 1.62c 10.2 ± 0.86ab 9.36 ± 0.52bc 8.00 ± 0.51ab 8.61 ± 0.49a 8.11 ± 0.50a
(2) A. flavus 0 23.33 ± 2.22b 8.52 ± 0.52c 8.50 ± 0.51cc 8.30 ± 0.55a 8.48 ± 0.51a 8.00 ± 0.52ab
(3) A. niger 0 23.12 ± 1.97b 9.24 ± 0.66b 8.76 ± 0.49bc 7.63 ± 0.43b 8.16 ± 0.55a 7.15 ± 0.51b
(4) A. ochraceus 0 19.42 ± 1.42cc 11.01 ± 0.97a 10.75 ± 0.87a 8.38 ± 0.53 9.02 ± 0.71a 8.15 ± 0.41a
(5) A. purasiticus 0 27.01 ± 2.00a 9.20 ± 0.56b 9.00 ± 0.77bc 8.16 ± 0.61ab 8.34 ± 0.62a 7.52 ± 0.43ab
(6) A. wasterdijikia 0 23.92 ± 1.83ab 10.22 ± 0.65ab 9.46 ± 0.71bc 7.37 ± 0.49b 8.02 ± 0.72a 7.46 ± 0.42ab
(7) F. proleferatum 0 14.01 ± 1.04a 10.74 ± 0.71a 9.36 ± 0.63bc 8.02 ± 0.62ab 9.18 ± 0.72a 7.55 ± 0.59ab
(8) P. verrucosum 0 22.99 ± 1.99bc 9.83 ± 0.62ab 9.01 ± 0.58bc 8.00 ± 0.66ab 8.91 ± 0.70a 8.00 ± 0.55ab

n = 3, *STDEV: Standard deviation, Different subscripts within column are significantly different at the 5% level, Negative control: DMSO, Positive control: Nestatin.