International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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Volume 2 Issue 3
2011 (July - September)
In-Vitro Study Of Antifungal Activity Of Various Commercially Available Itra (Volatile Plant Oil) Against The Keratinophilic Fungi Isolated From Soil
Keratophilic fungi, a type of dermatophytes cause infection to hair, glabrous skin and nails of human beings and animals. Soil is well known to be supporting the transient existence of them. The volatile plant oils have been of concern recently to develop a new antifungal agent. The present study attempts to evaluate four different commercially available Itra- Bella ( lessThan i greaterThan Lonicera x bella zabel lessThan /i greaterThan ), Kewda ( lessThan i greaterThan Pandanus odoratissimus lessThan /i greaterThan ), Rajnigandha ( lessThan i greaterThan Polianthes tuberosa lessThan /i greaterThan ) and Mogra ( lessThan i greaterThan Jasminum sambac lessThan /i greaterThan ) for their antifungal activity against the lessThan i greaterThan Aspergillus flavus lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Trichophyton mentagrophytes lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Trichophyton tonsurans lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Trichophyton verrucosum lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Epidermatophyton floccosum lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Microsporum nanum lessThan /i greaterThan isolated from soil. A few among the selected Itra were observed and were found to be showing better antifungal activity than existing antifungal drugs like Terbinafine, Itraconazole and Fluconazole (taken as control). The maximum effect was shown by Bella against lessThan i greaterThan T.tosurans lessThan /i greaterThan with inhibitory zone of 47mm. The paper concludes that the Itra can be used as antifungal agent against prevalent keratinophilic fungi.
Prabal Singh Ruchi Bundiwale And Lk Dwivedi
Keratinophillic fungi, Lonicera x bella zabel (Bella), Pandanus odoratissimus (Kewda), Polianthes tuberosa (Rajnigandha) and Jasminum sambac (Mogra), Terbinafine, Itraconazole and Fluconazole
178-184