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Antifungal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts against Phytopathogenic Fungi Aspergillus niger F2723


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1 For U Biosciences, A/4A, Park lane Residency, East point colony, Visakhapatnam, A.P-530017
2 Pharmaceutical Biotechnol. Div., A. U. College of Pharmaceutical Sci., Andhra Univ., Visakhapatnam-530003, India
3 Dept. of Botany, Andhra Univ., Visakhapatnam, India
4 Vivimed Labs Ltd., Veeranag Towers, Habsiguda, Hyderabad, India
 

In this present study forty nine different plants used in traditional Indian medicine were examined against Aspergillus niger using agar well diffusion method. The methanolic extracts of 43 plants exhibited varying degrees of inhibition activity against the fungi. Among the forty nine plants studied 86% of the plants had antifungal activity while the remaining 14% had no antifungal activity. The extract from Grewia arborea showed maximum activity. Emblica officinales, Heldigordia populipolia, Hyptis sueolences, Moringa heterophylla, Strychnos nuxvomica and Vitex negundo did not exhibit antifungal activity at the condition studied.

Keywords

Aspergillus niger, Antifungal, Medicinal Plants
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Authors

Varaprasad Bobbarala
For U Biosciences, A/4A, Park lane Residency, East point colony, Visakhapatnam, A.P-530017
Prasanth Kumar Katikala
Pharmaceutical Biotechnol. Div., A. U. College of Pharmaceutical Sci., Andhra Univ., Visakhapatnam-530003, India
K. Chandrasekhar Naidu
Dept. of Botany, Andhra Univ., Visakhapatnam, India
Somasekhar Penumajji
Vivimed Labs Ltd., Veeranag Towers, Habsiguda, Hyderabad, India

Abstract


In this present study forty nine different plants used in traditional Indian medicine were examined against Aspergillus niger using agar well diffusion method. The methanolic extracts of 43 plants exhibited varying degrees of inhibition activity against the fungi. Among the forty nine plants studied 86% of the plants had antifungal activity while the remaining 14% had no antifungal activity. The extract from Grewia arborea showed maximum activity. Emblica officinales, Heldigordia populipolia, Hyptis sueolences, Moringa heterophylla, Strychnos nuxvomica and Vitex negundo did not exhibit antifungal activity at the condition studied.

Keywords


Aspergillus niger, Antifungal, Medicinal Plants

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2009%2Fv2i4%2F29438