Table 5.

Effect of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)^a of ozonized oil on enzymes activity of selected dermatophyte fungi.

		M. gypseum	M. canis	T. interdigitale	T. mentagrophytes	T. rubrum
Keratinase	Control	8.21 ± 3.86	26.32 ± 3.86	9.14 ± 2.06	18.98 ± 4.50	22.00 ± 4.70
Ozonized oilb	1.05 ± 0.98	6.11 ± 3.33	4.43 ± 3.04	6.17 ± 2.70	11.08 ± 5.74
% reduction	87.21	76.79	51.53	67.49	49.64
Urease	Control	1.74 ± 0.12	0.97 ± 0.07	0.56 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.09	0.88 ± 0.15
Ozonized oil	0.82 ± 0.37	0.204 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.07	0.20 ± 0.33
% reduction	52.87	78.97	71.43	66.67	77.27
Alkaline phosphatase	Control	28.12 ± 3.00	35.92 ± 4.30	254.00 ± 12.98	229.43 ± 8.60	89.98 ± 11.0
Ozonized oil	1.66 ± 0.52	3.83 ± 5.38	16.52 ± 7.71	18.98 ± 14.87	9.93 ± 5.09
% reduction	94.10	89.34	93.50	91.73	88.96
Amylase	Control	59.11 ± 2.22	22.07 ± 3.31	11.01 ± 2.52	8.58 ± 2.49	7.77 ± 2.01
Ozonized oil	21.11 ± 1.21	3.61 ± 1.81	4.82 ± 1.49	3.59 ± 1.30	2.82 ± 1.13
% reduction	64.29	83.64	56.22	58.16	63.71
Lipase	Control	4.41 ± 0.96	5.71 ± 0.88	8.52 ± 1.31	9.41 ± 1.09	13.53 ± 1.40
Ozonized oil	1.81 ± 1.11	2.75 ± 0.99	3.71 ± 1.33	4.11 ± 1.87	6.65 ± 2.83
% reduction	58.96	51.84	56.46	56.32	50.85

^aMIC applied is that measured for growth.

^bOil was dissolved in DEMSO.