Table 3.
Antifungal activity of F.cretica crude extracts and its ZnO nanoparticles.
| Plant name | Extract name | Sample | Antifungal activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone of inhibition (mm ± SD) | ||||||
| A. flavus | A. fumigatus | Mucor | F. solani | |||
| F. cretica | nH | NP | 7 ± 0.19 | – | – | 7 ± 0.25 |
| C | – | –– | – | – | ||
| EA | NP | – | – | – | – | |
| C | – | – | – | – | ||
| M | NP | 15 ± 0.40 | – | – | 12 ± 0.31 | |
| C | 11 ± 0.21 | – | – | 6 ± 0.11 | ||
| Aq | NP | 13 ± 0.27 | – | – | 9 ± 0.19 | |
| C | – | – | – | 8 ± 0.21 | ||
| Control | Clot– | 20 ± 0.57 | 20 ± 0.9 | 21 ± 0.57 | 22 ± 1.23 | |
*DMSO = negative control. –- = no activity. Clot = clotrimazole.
Values (mean ± SD) are average of triplicate of each test sample (n value of 1 × 3).