Some southern African plant species used to treat helminth infections in ethnoveterinary medicine have excellent antifungal activities

Table 4 Cytotoxicity (LD ₅₀ in mg/mL) of extract and selectivity index based on MIC of extract after 12 hours of extracts from thirteen plants examined

Plant species	Cytotoxicity	A. fumigatus	C. albicans	C. neoformans
Brachylaena discolor	0.004	0.01	0.01	0.05
Zanthoxylum capense	0.008	0.2	0.05	0.1
Clerodendrum glabrum	0.172	4.3	0.55	2.15
Heteromorpha trifoliata	0.043	0.27	0.55	0.27
Apodytes dimidiata	0.003	0.01	0.01	0.04
Strychnos mitis	0.043	0.14	0.14	0.07
Maesa lanceolata	0.104	0.34	0.65	0.65
Indigofera frutescens	0.052	0.65	0.33	0.33
Leucosidea sericea	0.016	0.1	0.05	0.2
Melia azedarach	0.145	0.47	0.91	0.23
Clausena anisata	0.053	2.65	0.08	0.33
Cyathea dregei	0.017	0.11	0.01	0.11
Milletia grandis	0.021	0.53	0.13	0.03

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