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. 2015 May 8;20(4):279–286. doi: 10.1007/s12199-015-0462-6

Table 2.

Antifungal index (%) of pure and combined extracted oils at different concentrations (µg/ml)

Oil extract and oil mixtures concentration (µg/ml) Dermatophyte fungal strains
Microsporum canis Epidermophyton floccosum Trichophyton rubrum Trichophyton mentagrophytes
x¯ of antifungal index (%) ± SD
P. armeniaca 50 30.11 ± 0.3 33.46 ± 0.2 30.73 ± 0.29 31.91 ± 0.29
100 100 ± 0 98.00 ± 0.29 97.00 ± 0.5 96.01 ± 0.25
P. dulcis var. amara 50 29.60 ± 0.58 30.63 ± 1 30.73 ± 0.58 28.61 ± 0.25
100 89.34 ± 0.02 88.56 ± 0.05 90.49 ± 0.29 88.00 ± 0.76
M. piperita 50 30.00 ± 1 28.88 ± 1.2 29.11 ± 1 29.35 ± 0.9
100 88.39 ± 0.23 86.99 ± 0.25 88.79 ± 0.48 87.19 ± 0.74
O. europaea 50 26.96 ± 1 27.98 ± 0.76 28.00 ± 0.5 30.12 ± 0.9
100 82.99 ± 0.35 85.00 ± 0.4 84.89 ± 0.45 83.45 ± 0.26
P. armeniaca + P. dulcis var. amara 50 60.28 ± 0.17 60.10 ± 0.32 58.94 ± 0.47 58.11 ± 0.11
100 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0
P. armeniaca + O. europaea 50 55.09 ± 0.15 56.66 ± 0.26 55.95 ± 0.58 54.13 ± 0.36
100 100 ± 0 99.54 ± 0.29 100 ± 0 99.00 ± 0.2
P. armeniaca + M. piperita 50 56.96 ± 0.29 57.98 ± 0.01 58.00 ± 0.29 60.12 ± 0.48
100 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0
P. dulcis var. amara + M. piperita 50 58.91 ± 0.06 60.03 ± 0.76 57.88 ± 0.29 58.77 ± 1.53
100 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 99.54 ± 0.33 98.98 ± 0.5
P. dulcis var. amara + O. europaea 50 50.48 ± 0.76 50.90 ± 0.29 48.64 ± 0.58 48.13 ± 0.5
100 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 99.22 ± 0.11 98.99 ± 0.005
O. europaea + M. piperita 50 40.28 ± 0.58 40.10 ± 1.29 38.94 ± 0.82 38.11 ± 0.39
100 95.23 ± 0.29 94.56 ± 1.15 95.55 ± 0.58 94.00 ± 0.41
P. armeniaca + P. dulcis var. amara + M. piperita + O. europaea 50 68.56 ± 0.06 67.34 ± 0.06 69.56 ± 0.06 65.28 ± 0.06
100 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0 100 ± 0
Z-test 11.868 12.051 15.808 16.142
p value 0.000a 0.005* 0.007* 0.003*

* Significant results