Evaluation of Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax. & Hoffman
Table 2
The sensitivity patterns, minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), and minimum fungicidal concentrations (MFCs) exhibited by Alchornea laxiflora crude leaf extract against tested fungal isolates.
Fungal isolates
Zones of inhibition
A. laxiflora (35 mg/mL)
Nystatin (1 mg/mL)
MIC (mg/mL)
MFC (mg/mL)
Aspergillus niger
22 ± 0.00
24 ± 1.55
35.00
ND
Aspergillus fumigatus
17 ± 0.50
25 ± 0.56
35.00
ND
Aspergillus glaucus
17 ± 0.10
22 ± 0.00
17.50
35.00
Fusarium species
0
17 ± 0.00
ND
ND
Penicillium expansum
12 ± 0.00
20 ± 0.55
17.50
35.00
Alternaria species
21 ± 0.50
16 ± 1.55
35.00
ND
Trichophyton tonsurans
23 ± 0.50
31 ± 2.00
2.19
8.75
Trichophyton interdigitale
17 ± 1.00
29 ± 2.00
17.50
35.00
Penicillium camemberti
17 ± 0.00
21 ± 1.00
17.50
35.00
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
23 ± 0.50
30 ± 1.00
17.50
35.00
Trichoderma species (nonpathogen)
13 ± 0.50
15 ± 0.00
8.75
17.50
Aspergillus flavus
16 ± 0.00
20 ± 1.55
35.00
ND
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
18 ± 0.50
22 ± 1.22
35.00
ND
Penicillium italicum
14 ± 0.05
26 ± 1.52
8.75
35.00
Trichophyton rubrum
0
13 ± 1.50
ND
ND
Candida albicans
18 ± 0.50
28 ± 0.55
35.00
ND
Candida pseudotropicalis
18 ± 0.00
27 ± 1.51
8.75
17.50
: mean of three replicates; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; MFC: minimum fungicidal concentration; 0: no activity; Nystatin: positive control; ND: not determined.
