Antifungal Activity and Major Bioactive Compounds of Water Extract of Pangium edule Seed against Aspergillus flavus
Table 3
Antifungal activity of extracts and fractionated water extract of P. edule seed against A. flavus as determined by agar dilution.
Seed
Extraction solvent
Number of detected mold spot at different concentrations
25 mg/mL
12.5 mg/mL
6.25 mg/mL
3.12 mg/mL
1.6 mg/mL
0.8 mg/mL
100% DMSO (control)
Old seed
Water
a
a
a
c
ef
f
f
50% ethanol
a
a
b
c
cd
de
Ethyl acetate
f
f
f
f
f
f
n-Hexane
f
f
f
f
f
f
Fermented seed
Water
a
ab
bc
de
fgh
i
i
50% ethanol
ab
ab
cd
ef
efg
ghi
Ethyl acetate
i
hi
i
i
i
i
n-Hexane
i
i
i
i
i
i
Old seed
Water, <3 kDa
a
a
a
b
bcd
bcd
e
Water, >3 kDa
b
bc
bc
bcd
cd
d
Fermented seed
Water, <3 kDa
a
a
b
bcde
bcde
de
f
Water, >3 kDa
b
bc
bcd
bcde
cde
e
Numbers are means of three replications. Numbers followed by different letters in each row of P. edule seed show a significant difference () within different extract concentration and also between control.
