Research Article

Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil and Extracts of Zanthoxylum alatum Grown in North-Western Himalaya

Table 4

Percent antifungal index and IC50 values of essential oil and methanolic extracts from leaves of Zanthoxylum alatum against three crop infecting fungi.

Pathogens% Antifungal index Antifungal activity
IC50 (μg/mL)
Essential oilMeOH extractEssential oilMeOH extract

Alternaria alternata 35.6 ± 1.4947.4 ± 1.181623 ± 41.51071 ± 26.2
Alternaria brassicae 14.5 ± 0.362868 ± 61.2
Curvularia lunata 42.0 ± 1.6351.2 ± 1.471322 ± 24.9948 ± 21.8

Values are given as mean ± SD ( ). —: not active at test concentration.