Research Article

Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Ophiurasaponin Extracted from Ophiopholis mirabilis

Table 3

Inhibition of ophiurasaponin from Ophiopholis mirabilis on fungi .

SpeciesPositive control
(miconazole nitrate)
Crude
(mm)
Ophiurasaponin
MIC (mg/mL)
Refined
(mm)
Ophiurasaponin
MIC (mg/mL)

Penicillium  digitatum 21.4 ± 0.03
Mucor circinelloides 30.7 ± 0.0211.5 ± 0.06 1.1 ± 0.0313.0 ± 0.024.43 ± 0.02
Aspergillus flavus 28.7 ± 0.01
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 20.7 ± 0.04
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hansen19.8 ± 0.0311.2 ± 0.041.1 ± 0.04

Note: —: no inhibitory effect.