Table 1 Total phenolics (mg GAE/ml extract), flavonoids (mg CE/ml extract), total antioxidant capacity (TAC, mM TE/g extract) and antifungal activity (IC₅₀, mg/ml) of aqueous methanolic extracts of the different plant species

Horwoodia dicksoniae

25.08 ± 0.34^e*

5.14 ± 0.02^d

0.82 ± .052^c

1.94 ± 0.05^f

Gloiosiphonia capillaris

14.92 ± 0.53^c

3.60 ± 0.03^c

0.59 ± 0.03^b

2.05 ± 0.04^g

Teucrium polium

29.21 ± 0.13 f^g

11.44 ± 0.1^g

1.16 ± 0.03^d

1.75 ± 0.07^ef

Agrostis lachnantha

4.96 ± 0.96^a

1.63 ± 0.01^a

0.33 ± 0.03^a

1.89 ± 0.16^ef

Artemisia sieberia

40.92 ± 2.51^h

18.19 ± 0.32ⁱ

2.32 ± 0.13^h

1.35 ± 0.05^d

Achillea falcata

58.64 ± 0.30^k

24.70 ± 0.39^k

2.81 ± 0.015ⁱ

0.77 ± 0.03^ab

Pulicaria crispa

42.31 ± 0.78^hi

17.37 ± 0.22ⁱ

2.33 ± 0.04^h

0.67 ± 0.02^a

Achillea fragrantissima

28.22 ± 0.13^f

7.35 ± 0.1^e

1.29 ± 0.03^de

1.51 ± 0.06^de

Artemisia Judaica

30.49 ± 0.08^g

9.74 ± 0.06^f

1.33 ± 0.03^e

1.73 ± 0.04^ef

Rosmarinus officinalis

44.65 ± 0.7ⁱ

11.09 ± 0.01 ^g

2.80 ± 0.06ⁱ

0.85 ± 0.02^ab

Rhazya stricta

18.08 ± 0.04^d

2.46 ± 0.08^b

0.38 ± 0.2^a

1.62 ± 0.03^e

Haloxylon salicornicum

41.22 ± 0.02^h

14.93 ± 0.12^h

1.86 ± 0.04^f

1.08 ± 0.04^bc

Rhanterium epapposum

47.22 ± 0.13^j

22.30 ± 0.25^j

2.40 ± 0.07 ^h

1.38 ± 0.03^d