ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SELECTED INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANT SALTS

Abstract

The current work describes the antifungal activity of the salts from five Indian medicinal plants against three human pathogenic fungi. Antifungal assay was done using agar disc diffusion method. The result showed that the plat salt of Indian medicinal plants i.e. Acalypha indica, Centella asiatica, Aerva lanata, Clerodendrum inerme, Pergularia daemia, Solanum  melongena exhibited significant antifungal activity against one or more test organism. The salt of of Acalypha indica, Aerva lanata, were established most promising, and found active against Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus flavus therefore stressing the need to locate the active principle.