Table 5 Antimicrobial activity of male and female tubers of Dioscorea species found in Tripura
From: Sex-specific variations in phytochemicals and antimicrobial potentiality of Dioscorea
Name of the plants | Antimicrobial activity ( inhibition zone in mm) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexes | Bacterial strain | Fungal strain | |||||
Klebsiella pneumoniae (MTCC-3384) | Streptococcus pneumoniae (MTCC-655) | Escherichia coli (MTCC-443) | Shigella dysenteriae (MTCC-227) | Candida albicans (MTCC-227) | Candida tropicalis (Agartala medical college) | ||
Dioscorea alata | M | – | – | – | – | – | 7.8 ± 0.20 |
F | – | 8.76 ± 0.25 | – | – | 7.66 ± 0.35 | – | |
Dioscorea hamiltonii | M | – | 11.80 ± 1.05 | – | – | 6.93 ± 0.15 | 7.23 ± 0.32 |
F | – | 12.13 ± 0.75 | – | 8.70 ± 0.36 | – | – | |
Dioscorea oppositifolia | M | 10.70 ± 0.36 | – | 9.36 ± 0.55 | 8.23 ± 0.25 | 7.83 ± 0.15 | 7.53 ± 0.50 |
F | 9.46 ± 0.50 | – | – | 11.0 ± 0.40 | 7.96 ± 0.15 | 9.83 ± 0.15 | |
Dioscorea pubera | M | 9.43 ± 0.51 | 11.76 ± 0.68 | 10.53 ± 0.50 | 10.86 ± 0.23 | 8.56 ± 0.40 | 6.83 ± 0.20 |
F | 10.56 ± 0.40 | 11.76 ± 0.68 | 9.8 ± 0.2 | 8.60 ± 0.52 | 10.80 ± 0.20 | 8.93 ± 0.20 | |
Dioscorea wallichii | M | 8.60 ± 0.40 | – | – | 7.83 ± 0.20 | – | 8.80 ± 0.20 |
F | 9.30 ± 0.26 | 8.76 ± 0.20 | 8.86 ± 0.32 | 9.96 ± 0.15 | 9.83 ± 0.28 | 4.23 ± 0.25 | |