Research Article

Antidermatophytic Activity of Ethanolic Extract from Croton tiglium

Table 3

Antifungal activity of Croton tiglium ethanolic extracts against Epidermophyton floccosum by the disc diffusion method.

SpecimenStemLeaveSeed
Heat refluxCold soakHeat refluxCold soakHeat refluxCold soak

Extract10 g12.04 ± 0.6510.08 ± 0.418.50 ± 0.358.00 ± 0.008.88 ± 0.278.00 ± 0.00
50 g15.08 ± 0.7213.88 ± 0.5310.29 ± 1.109.42 ± 0.2412.79 ± 0.6010.79 ± 0.06
250 g17.50 ± 0.2016.08 ± 0.3312.42 ± 0.3613.50 ± 0.3515.17 ± 0.2413.92 ± 0.31
500 g18.29 ± 0.2917.08 ± 0.4615.04 ± 0.9114.25 ± 0.5416.38 ± 0.1814.92 ± 0.51

AMB (10 g)21.4 ± 0.1

The notes are the same as those in Table 1.