Table 4 Antifungal activity of fenugreek leaves, unprocessed and processed seeds against some mycotoxinogenic fungal strains.

From: Phytochemical screening and in-vitro biological properties of unprocessed and household processed fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn.) seeds and leaves

Mycotoxinogenic fungi

Inhibition zones (mm) (Mean ± STDEV*)

Negative control

Positive control

ADFL

Fenugreek seeds

UFS

SFS

GFS

BFS

(1) A. carbonarius

0

18.78 ± 1.62c

10.2 ± 0.86ab

9.36 ± 0.52bc

8.00 ± 0.51ab

8.61 ± 0.49a

8.11 ± 0.50a

(2) A. flavus

0

23.33 ± 2.22b

8.52 ± 0.52c

8.50 ± 0.51cc

8.30 ± 0.55a

8.48 ± 0.51a

8.00 ± 0.52ab

(3) A. niger

0

23.12 ± 1.97b

9.24 ± 0.66b

8.76 ± 0.49bc

7.63 ± 0.43b

8.16 ± 0.55a

7.15 ± 0.51b

(4) A. ochraceus

0

19.42 ± 1.42cc

11.01 ± 0.97a

10.75 ± 0.87a

8.38 ± 0.53

9.02 ± 0.71a

8.15 ± 0.41a

(5) A. purasiticus

0

27.01 ± 2.00a

9.20 ± 0.56b

9.00 ± 0.77bc

8.16 ± 0.61ab

8.34 ± 0.62a

7.52 ± 0.43ab

(6) A. wasterdijikia

0

23.92 ± 1.83ab

10.22 ± 0.65ab

9.46 ± 0.71bc

7.37 ± 0.49b

8.02 ± 0.72a

7.46 ± 0.42ab

(7) F. proleferatum

0

14.01 ± 1.04a

10.74 ± 0.71a

9.36 ± 0.63bc

8.02 ± 0.62ab

9.18 ± 0.72a

7.55 ± 0.59ab

(8) P. verrucosum

0

22.99 ± 1.99bc

9.83 ± 0.62ab

9.01 ± 0.58bc

8.00 ± 0.66ab

8.91 ± 0.70a

8.00 ± 0.55ab

  1. n = 3, *STDEV: Standard deviation, Different subscripts within column are significantly different at the 5% level, Negative control: DMSO, Positive control: Nestatin.