Antifungal activity of some plant extracts against clinical pathogens
International Journal of Development Research
Antifungal activity of some plant extracts against clinical pathogens
Received 05th April, 2017; Received in revised form 23th May, 2017; Accepted 26th June, 2017; Published online 31st July, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Tinki Kanoje and Kavita Sharma. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present investigation determines the antifungal activity of the plant extracts of viz. Discorea hispida (tubers), Sterculia urens (Leaves), Dillenia indica (leaves), Celastrus paniculatus (leaves), Desmodium gangeticum (leaves) against the pathogens viz. Aspergillus niger ATCC 16404, Candida albicans ATCC 10231 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (locally isolated). polar extracts (aqueous and methanolic) had strong antifungal activity in comparison to the non polar extracts (petroleum ether and hexane) against the pathogens studied. The results showed that, aqueous and methanolic extract of tubers of Discorea hispida had most significant antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger followed by aqueous and methanolic extract of Dillenia indica, Celastrus paniculatus and Desmodium gangeticum.
