Antifungal Effects of Saponin Extract from Rhizomes of Dioscorea panthaica Prain et Burk against Candida albicans

Figure 5

The antifungal activity of HSE on the C. albicans biofilm formation (a) and development (b). (a) C. albicans cells in 96-well plates were grown in the presence or absence of HSE at 37°C for 24 h and the metabolic activity of biofilms in each well was determined using XTT assay. (b) Twenty-four-hour mature C. albicans biofilms were exposed to various concentrations of HSE for another 24 h and the metabolic activities were compared to those of drug-free biofilms by an XTT reduction assay ().

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