Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Conyza bonariensis Leaf Extracts against Clinically Isolated Fungi Causing Superficial Infection

Table 1

Antifungal activities of different extracts determined using the agar well diffusion assay.

Crude extracts	C. albicans	M. furfur	M. globosa
Chloroform extract	32.60 ± 4.69^b	20.63 ± 0.65^b	12.33 ± 0.58^b
Ethyl acetate extract	30.10 ± 6.18^b	30.80 ± 1.71^a	25.03 ± 1.05^a
Hexane extract	27.00 ± 1.00^b	0.00 ± 0.00^c	12.67 ± 0.58^b
Methanol extract	16.57 ± 1.40^c	27.00 ± 1.00^a	21.33 ± 1.53^a
KC	44.40 ± 1.69^a	0.00 ± 0.00^c	11.00 ± 0.00^b
DMSO	0.00 ± 0.00^d	0.00 ± 0.00^c	0.00 ± 0.00^c

The values of average zones of inhibitions are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3) within each column; means are significantly different (p < 0.05), unless they have a common letter. DMSO, dimethyl sulphoxide; KC, ketoconazole.