National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Antimicrobial chemotherapy is ever growing research around the globe due to emerging new and drug resistant microorganisms. In the present study, different concentrations ethanolic leaf extracts of six different plant species, Aristolochia indica (Aristolochiaceae), Coleus strobilifer (Lamiaceae), Lepidagathis cristata (Acanthaceae), Rhinacanthus nasutus (Acanthaceae), Spatholobus parviflorus (Fabaceae), and Tarenna asiatica (Rubiacee), collected from various localities in Servarayan hill ranges, Salem district, south India were tested against the dermatophytic fungal pathogens, Trichophyton mentegrophytes and Candida albicans using disc diffusion technique. Fluconazole (10 µg) was used as standard antibiotic for comparison which showed 2.3 and 2.5 cm zone of inhibition respectively against Trichophyton mentegrophytes and Candida albicans respectively. At 1000 ppm concentration, the leaf extracts of Lepidagathis cristata showed a maximum of 2.1 cm zone of inhibition against both Trichophyton mentegrophytes and Candida albicans followed by Coleus strobilifer and Tarenna asiatica. The results reveal that the ethanolic leaf extracts of Lepidagathis cristata could be further investigated for the phytochemical component responsible for antifungal activity.
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