Title of article
Antifungal activity of Clitoris ternatea L. extracts against different fungal species
Author/Authors
Naz, Shagufta Women University - Lahore College - Department of Biotechnology, Pakistan , Batool, Syeda Qamar Nayab Women University - Lahore College - Department of Biotechnology, Pakistan , Munir, Neelma Women University - Lahore College - Department of Biotechnology, Pakistan
From page
91
To page
94
Abstract
Crude, methanol and ethanol extracts of seeds, leaves and callus of Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) were studied for antifungal activity against three fungal strains i.e. Aspergillus niger, Alternaria solani and Rhizopus oryzae using agar well diffusion method. It was observed that extracts of seeds, callus, leaves of tissue-cultured and pot-grown plants showed antifungal effect against A. niger and A. solani and none of these extracts exhibited pronounced effect against R. oryzae. The zone of inhibition acquired by the leaves extracts from pot-grown plants was more than that of tissue-cultured plants against fungal strains. The MIC values for different extracts ranged from 0.1–1.4 cm in diameter. Hence, it was observed that the extracts obtained from C. ternatea had good antifungal properties.
Keywords
Alternaria solani , antifungal activity , Aspergillus niger , Clitoria ternatea , Rhizopus oryzae.
Journal title
Mycopath
Journal title
Mycopath
Record number
2565797
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