Biological Efficacy of Essential Oils and Plant Extracts of Cultivated and Wild Ecotypes of Origanum vulgare L.
Table 3
Antimicrobial activity of wild accession Origanum vulgare L. extract and essential oil against the yeast and fungi isolates tested based on the disc diffusion method and MIC value.
Yeast and fungi species
EO
MIC values
Standard drug (amphotericin B)
Candida albicans-A117
17 mm
127
31.25
Fungi
Alternaria alternata
38 mm
135
15.62
Aspergillus flavus
24 mm
135
15.62
Aspergillus variecolor
32 mm
32.75
62.5
Fusarium acuminatum
27 mm
62.5
62.5
Fusarium oxysporum
24 mm
62.5
62.5
Fusarium solani
18 mm
31.25
62.5
Fusarium tabacinum
35 mm
62.5
15.62
Monilinia fructicola
14 mm
15.62
31.25
Penicillium spp.
35 mm
31.25
125
Rhizopus spp.
14 mm
125
31.25
Rhizoctonia solani
35 mm
33.25
62.5
Scloretinia sclerotiorum
16 mm
32.25
125
Scloretinia minor
27 mm
30.15
31.25
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
35 mm
32.25
15.62
Trichophyton rubrum
29 mm
30.25
15.62
Inhibition zone in diameter (mm) around the discs impregnated with 10 μl of essential oil and extracts (300 μg/disc).
