Phytochemical Screening and In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants against Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 3

Antifungal activity of methanolic extracts of leaves of plants against C. albicans and A. niger.

Categories	Concentration (mg/mL)	C. albicans	A. niger
B. antidysenterica	200	15.5 ± 0.5^ab	6.0 ± 0.0
B. antidysenterica	100	13 ± 1.00^a	6.0 ± 0.0
B. antidysenterica	50	11.3 ± 0.58^a	6.0 ± 0.0
A. vera	200	6.0 ± 0.0	12.3 ± 0.58^ac
A. vera	100	6.0 ± 0.0	11.7 ± 0.58^a
A. vera	50	6.0 ± 0.0	10.3 ± 0.58^a
J. schimperiana	200	15.3 ± 0.58^ac	6.0 ± 0.0
J. schimperiana	100	13.3 ± 1.15^ac	6.0 ± 0.0
J. schimperiana	50	10.67 ± 0.58^a	6.0 ± 0.0
Ketoconazole	15 µg	30.75 ± 1.70	23.5 ± 1.29
DMSO	5%	6.0 ± 0.0	—
Tween 80	5%	—	6.0 ± 0.0

Values are expressed as the mean ± SD. ^aSignificance difference () compared to negative control; ^bsignificance difference () of 200 mg/mL compared to 50 mg/mL and 100 mg/mL; ^csignificance difference () of 200 mg/mL and 100 mg/mL compared to 50 mg/mL. 6.0 ± 0.0 indicates that there is no inhibition zone created (it is considered as negative).