Review Article

Unraveling the Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses, and Biological and Pharmacological Activities of Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut

Table 6

Antifungal activities of T. algeriensis extracts.

Tested strainsKey resultsRef.

Aerial parts
 EO
  C. tropicalis[42]
  C. albicans IPA200
  C. glabrata
  C. glabrata[75]
  A. fumigates (human isolate), [6]
  A. versicolor (ATCC 11730),
  A. ochraceus (ATCC 12066),
  A. niger (ATCC 6275),
  T. viride (IAM 5061),
  P. funiculosum (ATCC 36839),
  P. ochrochloron (ATCC 9112),
  P. aurantiogriseum (food isolate),
  C. albicans, [67]
  V. destructorEO at 0.5% decreased the rate of infestation and caused a mortality rate of 32.6%[78]
  P. infestans[77]
  P. ultimum
  B. cinerea
  R. solani
  F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici
  C. albicans ATCC 10231, [73]
  C. tropicalis ATCC 750,
  A. flavus (ATCC 9643), [43]
  A. fumigatus (human isolate),
  A. niger (ATCC 6275),
  A. ochraceus (ATCC 12066),
  P. funiculosum (ATCC 36839),
  P. ochrochloron (ATCC 9112),
  T. viride (IAM 5061),
  C. albicans (human isolate),
  F. solani, [29]
  A. niger,
  A. niger[27]
  P. expansum
  P. digitatum
  G. trabeum[26]
  P. placenta
  C. puteana
  C. versicolor
  C. albicans[35]
  S. aureus CFSA2
  C. albicans, [141]
  S. cerevisiae,
  M. ramanniamus NRRL 6606,
  F. oxysporum f. sp. albedinis,
 EtOH & EO
  C. glabrata ATCC22553 (EtOH)–32 (EO)[23]
  C. albicans ATCC1023 (EtOH)–64 (EO)
 H2O & MeOH
  A. flavus (H2O), (MeOH)[19]
A. niger (H2O), (MeOH)
Leaves
 H2O
  C. albicans ATCC 10231Not active[71]
 EO
  C. albicans[139]
  S. cerevisiae
 H2O & EtOH
  P. megakarya (H2O), (H2O)[76]
(EtOH), (EtOH)
Leaves & Flowers
 EO
  A. nigerNot active[69]
  A. flavus42.86% inhibition

EC50: half maximal effective concentration; EC90: 90% maximal effective concentration; IC50: half maximal inhibitory concentration; IZ: inhibition zone; MBC: minimum bactericidal concentration; MFC: minimum fungicidal concentration; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration.