Table 3.
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of essential oils from the leaves of Nectandra megapotamica collected during different developmental phases of the plant against dermatophytes.
| Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (μg/mL) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productive Rest | End Productive Rest | Pre-Blooming | Blooming | Fruiting | Terbinafine | |
| Trichophyton rubrum | ||||||
| TRU48 | >500 | 500 | 500 | 250 | 125 | 0.03 |
| TRU50 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | 0.06 |
| TRU51 | >500 | >500 | 250 | >500 | 500 | 0.008 |
| TRU55 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 500 | 125 | - |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes | ||||||
| TME16 | >500 | >500 | 500 | >500 | >500 | 0.016 |
| TME33 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | 0.03 |
| TME40 | >500 | >500 | 500 | >500 | >500 | 0.016 |
| TME46 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 0.13 |
| Microsporum canis | ||||||
| MCA01 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 250 | 250 | 0.004 |
| MCA29 | >500 | >500 | 250 | >500 | >500 | 0.008 |
| MCA33 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | - |
| MCA40 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | 1.00 |
| Microsporum gypseum | ||||||
| MGY42 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 250 | 125 | 0.016 |
| MGY52 | >500 | >500 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 0.13 |
| MGY58 | >500 | >500 | 500 | 500 | 125 | 2.00 |
(-) not tested.