Antifungal Activity Of Some Medicinal Plant Extracts On Indoor Dematiaceous Fungi Of Kanpur

Abstract

Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Aloevera plant has been used in agriculture and as medicinal plants for thousands of years ago. Medicinal plant parts are effective against some fungi and bacteria, that could infect human beings. Aqueous extract of the neem and aloevera leaf was diluted with sterile water to prepared at five different concentrations of 10,20,30,40 and 50 percent. To evaluate the antifungal activities of the extracts were tested on SDA (Sabourauds Dextrose Agar) medium by inoculating isolated dematiaceous fungi Chaetomium globosum and Chrsosporium tropicum respectively. The growth of the dematiaceous fungal genera was affected due to the presence of plant extracts. The effectiveness of the extracts increased with increasing the concentration in the SDA medium.  A lower concentration of leaf extracts showed less antifungal activity.  The aim of this research is to access the study of antifungal activity of Indian neem and aloevera plant leaves extracts on the growth of pathogenic fungi Chaetomium globosum and Chrysosporium tropicum.  

Keywords: antifungal, aqueous, extract, dematiaceous, leaf, pathogen.