Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine

Shivakumar Singh P

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• Research Article
  Search for Effective Antimycotic Agents against Microsporum Gypseum from 61 Ethno Medicinal Plants of Hyderabad, Karnataka Region, Karnataka, India
  Author(s): Shivakumar Singh P and Vidyasagar GMShivakumar Singh P and Vidyasagar GM
  
  The 61 ethno medicinal plants of Hyderabad Karnataka region belonging to 33 different families used in skin diseases were screened for their antidermatophytic properties. Screening was carried out at 5 and 2.5 mg/ml concentrations of pet ether, chloroform, ethyalacetate, methanol and aqueous extracts of each plant by agar well diffusion technique against Microsporum gypseum. Out of 61 plants, 05 (Ceasalpinia bonducella, Coccinia indica, Corchorus oleterius, Lawsonia inermis and Tridax procumbens) showed very effective antidermatophytic activity in ethyl acetate, chloroform and in aqueous extracts, effective activity observed in 11 plants (Achyranthes aspera, Allium sativam, Celosia argentea, Citrus medica, Curcuma longa, Emblica officinalis, Gymnosporia montana, Lycopersicon esculentum, Milletia pinnata, Ricinus communis, Zingiber officinale) in different extracts, whereas 38 plants s.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-593X.1000106

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