C. albicans C. krusei
Fraction bZone of Inhibition (mm)
Petroleum ether 8 ± 0.1 10 ± 1.2
Chloroform 10 ± 0.2 12 ± 1.8
Ethyl acetate 11 ± 0.8 21 ± 1.8
Butanol 10 ± 0.3 20 ± 0.8
Aqueous 6 6
Ethanol 6 6
Miconazole 15 ± 1.1 22 ± 1.4
bResults are the average (± SD) of two separate antifungal susceptibility test (Each antifungal susceptibility test was followed by a disk diffusion assay done in quadruplicate at 500 μg of sample per disk. Ethanol was used as the negative control and miconazole as the positive control.
Table 3: Effect of fractions from C. zeyheri extract on C. albicans and C. krusei.