Table 3.
Change in conductance of the bathing solutions containing mycelia of dermatophyte fungi previously treated with the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)a of ozonized oil.
| Dermatophyte fungi | Conductivity after 8 h (μmohs/g fresh weight) |
Leakage as% of total conductance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Ozonized oilb | Total conductancec | ||
| Microsporum gypseum | 24.00 ± 2.41 | 44.03 ± 3.82 | 49.44 ± 2.98 | 40.51 |
| M. canis | 24.64 ± 3.98 | 41.90 ± 4.87 | 49.50 ± 6.32 | 34.87 |
| Trichophyton interdigitale | 22.98 ± 3.02 | 32.51 ± 4.01 | 46.22 ± 4.93 | 20.62 |
| T. mentagrophytes | 21.51 ± 2.21 | 31.03 ± 3.18 | 44.97 ± 5.32 | 21.17 |
| T. rubrum | 22.92 ± 3.88 | 28.02 ± 2.92 | 44.29 ± 3.98 | 11.52 |
a
MIC applied is that measured for growth.
b
Oil was dissolved in DEMSO.
c
Total conductance was measured by adding 1 ml chloroform.