In vitro Screening of Antifungal Activity of Methanol Extract of Plumbago indica L. against some pathogenic species of fungi
Abstract
The main objective of the present study was to determine the methanolic extract of Plumbago indica L. for antifungal activity. To determine the antifungal activity, agar disc diffusion method was used. The antifungal activity of the extracts was compared with standard drug Fluconazole (500 μg/disc). The methanol extract of Plumbago indica L. showed very good antifungal activity ranging from zone of inhibition (10.0–27.0) mm and Candida albicans was the most susceptible fungal strain of the methanolic extract of. Plumbago indica L. Due to these promising results, further in vivo studies over Plumbago indica L. must be conducted.
Keywords
Plumbago indica L, methanol extract, antifungal activity
