Investigating the Phytochemicals and Antimicrobial Activities of Shoot and Root of Pycreus smithianus (Ridl.) C. B. Clarke (Family Cyperaceae)

Table 4

Measurement of antifungal inhibition zones.

Fungi	Extracts	Zone of inhibition (mm)
		100%	50%
Aspergillus niger	Root (aq)	na	na
	Shoot (aq)	na	na
	Root (eth)	na	na
	Shoot (eth)	na	na
	Clotrimazole	28.88^a ± 0.13^b	26.88^a ± 0.13^b
	Water	na	na
Candida albicans	Root (aq)	na	na
	Shoot (aq)	na	na
	Root (eth)	13.62^a ± 0.38^b	11.25^a ± 0.25^b
	Shoot (eth)	na	na
	Clotrimazole	17.50^a ± 0.25^b	15.88^a ± 0.13^b
	Water	na	na

Key: ^amean of triplicates (including diameter of borer), ^bstandard error, aq: aqueous extract, na: no inhibition, and eth: ethanolic extract.