ANTI-ASPERGILLUS ACTIVITY OF LANTANA CAMARA LINN.
AbstractHerbal fungicides are gaining great interest because of their cost-effective and eco-friendly attributes. If this antifungal potency resides in weeds, it will be a great advantage because of their large population and to effectively develop a novel drug from weeds being considered as waste material. The present study aims to assess the anti-aspergillus activity of a common weed Lantana camara. The crude extract of leaves was obtained using polar and non- polar solvents and tested against Aspergillus niger ATCC 16888. Results reveal, the aqueous extract showed maximum growth inhibition of 14 ± 0.142 mm zone at 30 mg/ml, and it was 37 ± 0.124 mm for the standard antifungal agent voriconazole at 30 mg/disc. Further, the minimum inhibitory concentration of the extract was calculated as 18 mg/ml. Experiments on the mode of action suggested that the extract lyse the cells and alter the membrane integrity by depleting the ergosterol content, which avoids the reoccurrence.
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4320-4324
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English
IJPSR
H. B. Nisha, S. Iswarya, V. Kavitha, A. B. Mandal and A. Gnanamani *
Microbiology Division, CSIR-CLRI, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
gnanamani3@gmail.com
26 March 2014
29 May 2014
12 July 2014
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.5(10).4320-24
01 October 2014
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