Table 1.

Antifungal activity of methanolic extract of Eclipta alba (Agar well diffusion assay).

	Zone of Inhibition (mm)
Target Pathogens	F. thapsinum $	E. sorghinum $	A. alternata $	C. lunata $
Methanolic crude extract (120 mg/mL)	5.8	6	5.9	5.9
Purified extract (120 mg/mL)	6.2	6.8	6.6	6.5
Bavistin (1 mg/mL)	7.3	6.9	7	7.1
Mean	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.5
SD	±2.8	±2.9	±2.8	±2.7
* CD (0.05 #)	0.29	0.22	0.24	0.56

* CD—critical difference, SD—Standard deviation, ^#—5% level of Significance, ^$—Three replications.