Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of methanol extracts of Arnebia benthamii (Wall ex. G. Don) Johnston—a critically endangered medicinal plant of North western Himalaya

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology

Table 3 Antifungal activity of methanol extract of the aerial and root parts of Arnebia benthamii against pathogenic fungal strains

Strains	Aerial part	Root part	Nystatin
Inhibition zone diameter (mm)
Aspergillus flavus CDF0024	^bc15 ± 0.10	NA	^b35 ± 0.08
Aspergillus versicolor CDF0011	^c22 ± 0.91	^a12 ± 0.23	^a20 ± 0.90
Acremonium spp. CDF0027	^a12 ± 0.15	NA	^b30 ± 0.09
Candida albicans CD0032	^a14 ± 1.02	^a13 ± 0.17	^a20 ± 1.00
Candida kruesie CDF0016	^a13 ± 1.34	^a13 ± 0.07	^a20 ± 0.21
Candida parapsilosis CDF0013	NA	NA	^a20 ± 0.32

Values are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Values along the columns with the same superscript letter are significant at P < 0.005; NA no activity. Concentration used was 500 μg/ml