Table 3 Antifungal activity of F.cretica crude extracts and its ZnO nanoparticles.

From: Comparative evaluation of biomedical and phytochemical applications of zinc nanoparticles by using Fagonia cretica extracts

Plant name

Extract name

Sample

Antifungal activity

Zone of inhibition (mm ± SD)

A. flavus

A. fumigatus

Mucor

F. solani

F. cretica

nH

NP

7 ± 0.19

–

–

7 ± 0.25

C

–

––

–

–

EA

NP

–

–

–

–

C

–

–

–

–

M

NP

15 ± 0.40

–

–

12 ± 0.31

C

11 ± 0.21

–

–

6 ± 0.11

Aq

NP

13 ± 0.27

–

–

9 ± 0.19

C

–

–

–

8 ± 0.21

Control

Clot–

20 ± 0.57

20 ± 0.9

21 ± 0.57

22 ± 1.23

  1. *DMSO = negative control. –- = no activity. Clot = clotrimazole.
  2. Values (mean ± SD) are average of triplicate of each test sample (n value of 1 × 3).
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