In vitro evaluation of antidermatophytic activity of five lichens

Figures & data

Table 1. Antidermatophytic activity of lichen extracts and reference standard i.e. sertaconazole

	M. canis		T. mentagrophytes		T. rubrum
	IC50	MIC	IC50	MIC	IC50	MIC
Sertaconazole	0.040 ± 0.03*	0.043 ± 0.03*	0.037 ± 0.05*	0.090 ± 0.05*	0.033 ± 0.05*	0.064 ± 0.05*
B. setschwanensis	0.076 ± 0.16*		0.706 ± 0.04**	–	0.639 ± 0.21
M. aurulenta	0.013 ± 0.02*	0.098 ± 0.02^*	0.428 ± 0.03**	1.318 ± 0.03**	0.463 ± 0.24*	0.921 ± 0.24*
P. nilgherrense	0.037 ± 0.02**
P. reticulatum	1.201 ± 0.08		0.339 ± 0.04**
R. conduplicans			0.478 ± 0.02**		0.107 ± 0.15

Note: All the values are in mg ml⁻¹.

* Level of significance is less than or equal to 0.05.

** Level of significance is less than or equal to 0.01.

Figure 1. Antidermatophytic activity of sertaconazole nitrate and lichen extracts.