Table 3. Antifungal activities of the aqueous and organic leaf and rhizome extracts of F. japonica. The inhibition of the fungal growth was calculated from the mean (N=3) diameters of the fungal colonies for the control and extracts.
| Source | Extract | Growth inhibition/% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. alternata | A. infectoria | A. flavus | E. nigrum | F. poae | ||
| Leaf | Aqueous | -29.46 | 1.15 | 82.15 | -15.57 | -59.09 |
| Acetone | -29.17 | 19.62 | 17.83 | -27.10 | -103.96 | |
| Methanol | -46.93 | 23.19 | 11.72 | -35.59 | -71.14 | |
| Ethanol | -56.83 | 37.43 | 16.08 | -34.51 | 61.56 | |
| Rhizome | Aqueous | -0.19 | -9.27 | -7.99 | 25.11 | -49.61 |
| Acetone | 27.52 | 19.12 | 7.26 | 54.02 | -10.85 | |
| Methanol | 41.23 | 58.18 | 8.85 | 76.83 | 55.22 | |
| Ethanol | 36.61 | 69.60 | 22.18 | 71.96 | 59.73 | |
Negative numbers indicate growth stimulation