Table 1. Antifungal activity of Centratherum anthelminticum seed oil at concentration of 1 to 7 µL .
Concentration | Diameter of inhibition zone (mm/µL) | |||||
A | K | T | P | G | D | |
FC | 24.0 ± 1.00 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 36.0 ± 1.15 | 28.0 ± 1.15 | 29.0 ± 1.15 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
1 | 40.0 ± 2.89b | 40.0 ± 2.52b | 23.3 ± 0.33 | 25.7 ± 0.66 | 23.3 ± 1.86 | 28.7 ± 4.33b |
2 | 50.7 ± 2.91b | 42.7 ± 1.76b | 40.3 ± 2.19 | 36.0 ± 0.0 | 33.3 ± 4.18 | 31.3 ± 4.67b |
3 | 55.7 ± 4.67b | 45.3 ± 0.33b | 37.0 ± 3.00 | 31.3 ± 15.7 | 43.3 ± 0.88b | 32.3 ± 0.33b |
4 | 63.7 ± 1.86b | 51.3 ± 1.20b | 40.7 ± 0.88 | 53.3 ± 2.40 | 52.0 ± 3.0b | 38.7 ± 0.33b |
5 | 60.0 ± 3.21b | 53.3 ± 2.19b | 45.7 ± 1.33b | 59.0 ± 2.65a | 54.7 ± 0.88b | 44.7 ± 1.45b |
6 | 66.7 ± 1.20b | 62.0 ± 2.89b | 51.3 ± 1.45b | 59.0 ± 5.57a | 62.7 ± 1.76b | 46.3 ± 0.33b |
7 | 75.7 ± 4.33b | 73.7 ± 0.88b | 57.0 ± 0.0b | 69.3 ± 3.48b | 67.0 ± 1.00b | 45.7 ± 1.33b |
Values are mean ± SEM (standard error of mean) aP < 0.05 and bP < 0.01 when compared with Fluconazole (FC), Candida albicans (A), Candida krusei (K), Candida tropicalis (T), Candida parapsilosis (P), Candida glabrata (G), Candida dubliniensis D.