Table 1
Yield and antifungal activity in fruit peel extracts against Aspergillus flavus.
Fruit peels Yield (g/100 g, DW) Antifungal DIZ* (mm) Antifungal MIC# (lg/mL)
Methanol Ethanol Methanol Ethanol Methanol Ethanol
Pomegranate 50.71 ± 1.10a
b 57.69 ± 1.32a
b 32.00 ± 0.59a a 37.00 ± 0.71a a 185 ± 3.74a a 135 ± 3.75a a
Lemon 14.92 ± 0.29a a 19.40 ± 0.43a a 26.00 ± 0.48a a 29.00 ± 0.60a a 387 ± 7.32a
b 342 ± 7.2a
b
Values are mean ± SD of each sample analyzed in triplicate. Values followed by the same small letter in subscript within the same line are not significantly different (p > 0.05);
values followed by the same small letter in subscript within the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05).
Medium: potato dextrose agar (PDA), discs diameter: 6 mm, extract impregnated: 50 lL, incubation temperature: 28 C, incubation period: 48 h.
* Diameter inhibition zone.
# Minimum inhibitory concentration.
inhibition = [Y X/Y] 100.