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Table 2 MIC and MFC (mg/mL) of 23 extracts from 21 Cameroonian spices against eight opportunistic yeasts fungi

From: In Vitro and In Vivo antifungal activities of selected Cameroonian dietary spices

Tested samples

Microorganisms

Ca

Cn

Ct

Ck

Cp

Cl.

Cgu.

Cgl

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

MIC

MFC

A. citratum (fr)

-

-

6.25

-

6.25

-

-

-

6.25

-

0.78

1.56

3.12

6.25

6.25

-

A. citratum (le)

3.12

-

0.19

6.25

6.25

6.25

0.39

6.25

6.25

-

0.78

0.78

3.12

-

3.12

-

A. melegueta

6.25

-

6.25

-

1.56

1.56

6.25

-

6.25

-

3.12

3.12

1.56

-

-

-

B. cinnamomea

3.12

3.12

3.12

6.25

3.12

-

-

-

-

-

3.12

-

6.25

-

6.25

6.25

C. zeylanicum

3.12

-

1.56

3.12

0.097

0.19

0.78

6.25

3.12

6.25

0.78

0.78

0.78

0.78

3.12

-

D. glomerata

0.39

6.25

0.78

-

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

6.25

-

0.39

6.25

3.12

6.25

3.12

6.25

D. psilirus

0.39

1.56

6.25

-

0.39

1.56

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

1.56

1.56

3.12

-

E. giganteus

6.25

-

3.12

-

6.25

6.25

-

-

6.25

6.25

6.25

6.25

3.12

-

1.56

-

F. leprieurii

3.12

6.25

6.25

6.25

6.25

-

6.25

-

6.25

-

-

-

-

-

3.12

-

F. macrophylla

3.12

6.25

1.56

3.12

0.39

0.78

6.25

-

-

-

1.56

6.25

1.56

-

3.12

-

I. cylindrica

6.25

-

1.56

1.56

3.12

-

1.56

1.56

6.25

-

3.12

3.12

3.12

-

3.12

6.25

M. whitei

3.12

-

-

-

3.12

-

-

-

-

-

3.12

6.25

6.25

-

-

-

M. myristica

6.25

-

0.78

6.25

3.12

3.12

6.25

6.25

-

-

3.12

6.25

3.12

-

-

-

O. subscorpioidea

0.097

0.19

0.39

1.56

0.048

0.19

1.56

6.25

0.39

1.56

0.19

0.39

0.78

-

1.56

6.25

P. brazzeana

3.12

6.25

6.25

6.25

1.56

1.56

-

-

-

-

6.25

-

6.25

-

6.25

-

P. capense

3.12

-

1.56

1.56

0.19

3.12

3.12

6.25

3.12

6.25

1.56

1.56

3.12

-

-

-

P. guineense

3.12

3.12

3.12

-

3.12

-

-

-

6.25

-

1.56

-

-

-

3.12

-

S. zenkeri (fr)

1.56

-

-

-

6.25

-

6.25

-

6.25

6.25

1.56

6.25

6.25

-

3.12

6.25

S. zenkeri (bk)

3.12

-

3.12

-

3.12

-

1.56

6.25

6.25

-

3.12

6.25

6.25

-

6.25

-

S. melongena

-

-

3.1-

-

3.12

3.12

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.25

6.25

-

-

T. tetraptera

3.12

-

3.12

-

6.25

6.25

6.25

-

3.12

6.25

3.12

-

3.12

-

6.25

-

X. aethiopica

3.12

6.25

6.25

6.25

3.12

6.25

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

-

-

-

-

-

-

X. parviflora

6.25

-

-

-

3.12

-

3.12

3.12

3.12

3.12

1.56

1.56

3.12

6.25

6.25

-

Nystatin (μg/mL )

78.1

31.2

195.3

78.1

4.8

19.5

6-

1-0

39

156

19.5

78.1

39

78.1

19.5

39

  1. Ca: Candida albicans, Cn: Cryptococcus neoformans, Ct: Candida tropicalis, Ck: Candida krusei, Cp: Candida parapsilosis, Cl: Candida lusitaniae, Cgu: Candida guilliermondii, Cgl: Candida glabrata, fr: fruits, le: leaves, bk: barks. -: > 6.25 mg/mL, le: leaves, fr: fruits, bk: barks, In bold are values for significant activity.