Biological Efficacy of Essential Oils and Plant Extracts of Cultivated and Wild Ecotypes of Origanum vulgare L.
Table 5
Antimicrobial activity of cultivated accessions of 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
127
31.25
Fungi
Alternaria alternata
20
135
15.62
Aspergillus flavus
24
135
15.62
Aspergillus variecolor
24
32.75
62.5
Fusarium acuminatum
27
62.5
62.5
Fusarium oxysporum
24
62.5
62.5
Fusarium solani
18
31.25
62.5
Fusarium tabacinum
26
62.5
15.62
Monilinia fructicola
14
15.62
31.25
Penicillium spp.
35
31.25
125
Rhizopus spp.
12
125
31.25
Rhizoctonia solani
25
33.25
62.5
Scloretinia sclerotiorum
16
32.25
125
Scloretinia minor
24
30.15
31.25
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
25
32.25
15.62
Trichophyton rubrum
29
30.25
15.62
Inhibition zone in diameter (mm) around the discs impregnated with 10 μl of essential oil and extracts (300 μg/disc).
