Research Article

In Vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Extracts Obtained from Raw and Fermented Wild Macrofungus, Lenzites quercina

Table 1

Phytochemical constituents (mg/g) of extracts from Lenzites quercina.

PhytochemicalsRPPREARETFPPFEAFET

Alkaloids0.015.3b  ± 0.0321.2c  ± 0.110.014.4a  ± 0.0120.7c  ± 0.50
Saponins10.6e  ± 0.106.2b  ± 0.107.7c  ± 0.208.3d  ± 0.094.5a  ± 0.257.0c  ± 0.10
Flavonoids1.92b  ± 0.00.45a  ± 0.07.10d  ± 0.00.41a  ± 0.00.38a  ± 0.05.4c  ± 0.0
Tannins0.010.4a  ± 0.0018.6c  ± 0.100.013.9b  ± 0.900.0
Phlobatannins0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Steroids12.8d  ± 0.209.9b  ± 0.0512.0c  ± 0.050.00.06.1a  ± 0.10
Anthraquinones0.00.01.9  ± 0.500.00.00.0
Terpenoids1.45a  ± 0.400.024.8e  ± 0.205.0c  ± 0.062.8b  ± 0.0117.2d  ± 0.60
Cardiac glycosides6.3a  ± 0.025.7a  ± 0.0612.06d  ± 0.089.3b  ± 0.100.010.0c  ± 0.3

Values are mean ± sd of replicates (). Values with the same alphabet along row are not significantly different at .
RPP: raw Lenzites quercina extracted with pet-ether, REA: raw Lenzites quercina extracted with ethyl acetate, RET: raw Lenzites quercina extracted with ethanol, FPP: fermented Lenzites quercina extracted with pet-ether, FEA: fermented Lenzites quercina extracted with ethyl acetate, and FET: fermented Lenzites quercina extracted with ethanol.