The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of medicinal plants. The antibacterial activity of methanolic extracts of three medicinal plants (Swertia chirata, Terminalia bellerica and Zanthoxylum armatum) were tested against Gentamicin (standard drug) on eleven gram positive and seventeen gram negative bacteria by agar well method. It was r...

Amino acids are the important nitrogenous components responsible for the growth and reproduction of fungi. During this study 10 grams of each amino acids were added into 50ml of sabourd dextrose (SD) liquid media. Later on they were inoculated with isolated dermatophytic fungi ie Microsporum canis and Histoplasma capsulatum and incubated at 25±1oc for 15 days. After 15 days grown fungal were me...

BACKGROUND Cleome gynandra L. (Capparaceae) is an edible weed used in Uganda topically for its presumed antifungal activity against Tinea capitis. The goal of this study was to determine if this plant possesses antifungal activity in vitro, since T. capitis is a pervasive infection among especially rural children. METHODS Antifungal activity assay was performed by Broth dilution method, and t...

The potential of fungi as bio degraders micro plastic particles was assessed using standard microbiological and Fourier transformed Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopic analysis methods. highest mean Total Heterotrophic fungal (THF) count 4.24x104 cfu/ml obtained with the least THF (2.72x104 cfu/ml) recorded during dry season. Mean hydrocarbon Utilizing Fungal (HUF) (1.78x104 wet period while HUF (1....

AIM The ringworms of pet dogs, cats, and stray animals (dogs, cats, and other animals) could be a potential source of zoonotic infections causing a serious public health problem in the busy city Kolkata. The pet owners are more susceptible to get this infection from their pets, because of the close contact with them as dermatophytosis is very much prevalent in those pets. So, this study was aim...

Fungicidal activities of pentachloronitrobenzene and derivatives were tested with Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Microsporon canis. In relation to pentachloronitrobenzene, no increasing fungistatic activities were found with cysteine derivatives. Rising fungistatic activities were seen with pentachlorophenylmethylsulfone and, in so...