The significant fungal-growth inhibitory potential of pomegranate and lemon
peels (37 and 29 mm), respectively was found to be considerably
higher than earlier reported for pomegranate peel extract
(12 mm) against Aspergillus niger (Al-Zoreky, 2009), and for Mimosa
pudica extract (12 mm) against Aspergillus fumigatus (Gandhiraja
et al., 2009). In our study higher antifungal potential of pomegranate
peels was in accordance with studies by Tehranifar et al.
(2011).
Results for lowest concentration of peel extracts completely
inhibiting the growth of A. flavus depicted that effectiveness of
two extracts of pomegranate peel was greater (MIC 135 and
185 lg/mL) than two lemon peel extracts (342 and 387 lg/mL).
Present analysis confirmed that an inverse relation exist between
DIZ and MIC for effective antifungal activity of pomegranate peels