Antifungal Activity Of Some Spice Extracts On Indoor Dematiaceous Fungi Of Kanpur

Abstract

    Piper nigrum Linn. (Black pepper) Syzygium aromaticum Linn. (Clove) spices have been used from mostly countries to aromas and flavor of our food. Spices are effective against some fungi and bacteria that could infect human beings. Aqueous extract of the black pepper and clove was diluted with sterile water to prepared at five different concentrations of 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1.0%. 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 spice extracts. The effectiveness of the extracts increased with increasing the concentration in the SDA medium.  A lower concentration of spice extracts showed less antifungal activity.

The aim of this research is to access the study of antifungal activity of Piper nigrum (Black pepper) Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) extracts on the growth of pathogenic fungi Chaetomium globosum and Chrysosporium tropicum.   

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