Research Article

Phytochemical Analysis and Antifungal Potentiating Activity of Extracts from Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) against Cryptococcus neoformans Clinical Isolates

Table 2

Antifungal activity of E. japonica extracts and antifungals against clinical isolates of C. neoformans.

ExtractsIsolates
CNCN169CN173CN047CN091CN165CN118CN046CN096CN158
MICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFCMICMFC

HeS512-1024-512-1024-256-512-642561024-256-512-
ChS1024-1024-1024-512-512-1024-512-512-1024-1024-
EaS1024-512-1024-642561024-1024-256-2561024512-512-
MeS1024-512-512-32128512-2561024512-1285121281024512-
HeL1024-512-1024-512-256512322563212832128256512128256
ChL256-512-1024-1024-1024-512-2565121024-512-1024-
EaL512-1024-1024-1024-512-1024-1024-512-1024-512-
MeL512-512-1024-256-1024-512-1024-256-512-512-
HeB1024-1024-1024-512-512-512-1024-512-1024-1024-
ChB1024-512-1024-1024-512-512-512-1024-512-1024-
EaB512-256102425651225610241285121024-1024-512-512-1024-
MeB512-1285121024-1024-25610241024-512-256512128512512-
Nystatin88322561632488128166448321284848
Clotrimazole16643212828216216832432432416216

−, >1024 µg/mL for extracts; HeS, hexane extract of seed; ChS, chloroform extract of seed; EaS, ethyl acetate extract of seed; MeS, methanol extract of seed; HeL, hexane extract of leaves; ChL, chloroform extract of leaves; EaL, ethyl acetate extract of leaves; MeL, methanol extract of leaves; HeB, hexane extract of bark; ChB, chloroform extract of bark; EaB, ethyl acetate extract of bark; MeB, methanol extract of bark. Bold values represent significant antifungal activity.