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Table 4 Effect of different doses of gamma irradiation on the antifungal activity (expressed as diameter of inhibition zone in mm) of A. sydowii AUMC14506 and A. flavus AUMC14507

From: Bioprospecting endophytic fungi for bioactive metabolites and use of irradiation to improve their bioactivities

Gamma irradiation dose

A. sydowii AUMC14506

A. flavus AUMC14507

(Gy)

A. brasiliensis

C. albicans

A. brasiliensis

C. albicans

0.00 (C)

14.33 ± 0.00 cd

18.00 ± 1.00c

12.67 ± 2.08c

16.33 ± 0.58 c

250

16.67 ± 1.06 cd

20.00 ± 1.66c

14.33 ± 1.66c

18.33 ± 2.05c

500

22.33 ± 1.52b

25.67 ± 1.66b

20.00 ± 0.58b

24.88 ± 1.15b

1000

28.33 ± 1.77a

31.33 ± 2.56a

26.33 ± 1.54a

29.00 ± 2.57a

2000

11.67 ± 1.66d

12.33 ± 1.78d

10.00 ± 1.00c

10.57 ± 1.15d

4000

0.00e

0.00e

0.00d

0.00e

  1. Calculated mean is for triplicate measurements from two independent experiments ± SD
  2. a−e means with different superscripts in the same column for each nanoparticle are considered statistically different (LSD test, P ≤ 0.05)