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Table 2.

Effect of different concentrations of MCEO on growth and AFB₁ production by AF-LHP-SH1

Conc. (µL/mL)	Antifungal activity of MCEO		Antiaflatoxigenic activity of MCEO
Conc. (µL/mL)	Colony diameter (cm)	% growth inhibition	MDW (g)	% mycelia inhibition	AFB₁ content (µg/mL)	% inhibition of AFB₁ content
Control	6.600 ± 0.058^a	0.000 ± 0.000^a	0.349 ± 0.002^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a	4.927 ± 0.017^a	0.000 ± 0.000^a
0.20	6.167 ± 0.088^b	6.567 ± 1.011^b	0.343 ± 0.002^b	2.18 ± 0.959^a	3.964 ± 0.044^b	19.547 ± 1.13^b
0.40	4.700 ± 0.115^c	28.807 ± 1.123^c	0..253 ± 0.001^c	27.48 ± 0.429^b	3.019 ± 0.016^c	38.715 ± 0.44^c
0.60	4.100 ± 0.058^d	37.873 ± 0.763^d	0.210 ± 0.001^d	39.88 ± 0.487^c	2.824 ± 0.017^d	41.133 ± 1.41^c
0.80	3.667 ± 0.145^e	44.397 ± 2.679^e	0.132 ± 0.003^e	62.29 ± 1.086^d	1.478 ± 0.028^e	69.985 ± 0.693^d
1.00	1.867 ± 0.088^f	71.720 ± 1.273^f	0.100 ± 0.002^f	71.38 ± 0.423^e	0.715 ± 0.022^f	85.480 ± 0.423^e
1.20	1.067 ± 0.120 ^g	83.810 ± 1.941 ^g	0.028 ± 0.003 ^g	91.89 ± 0.815^f	0.00 ± 0.000 ^g	100.00 ± 0.000^f
1.40	0.000 ± 0.000 ^h	100.00 ± 0.000 ^h	0.00 ± 0.00 ^g	100.00 ± 0.00 ^g	0.00 ± 0.000 ^g	100.00 ± 0.000^f

MDW = Mycelial dry weight, AFB₁ = aflatoxin B₁

Values are mean (n = 3) ± SE, Mean followed by same letter in the same column are not significantly different according to ANOVA (P < 0.05; Tukey’s B test)