24Jul 2017

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TERMITOMYCES.

  • Department of Environmental Biology, A.P.S.U. Rewa.
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Mushrooms are the macro fungi group which has many valuable properties, like antitumor, ant cancerous, antibacterial, antifungal etc. We use these fungi for the treatment of various diseases. Researchers showed antimicrobial activity of several mushrooms. Most of the Mushrooms extracts are widely used as traditional medicinal ingredients for the treatment of various diseases and related health problem. The mushroom Termitomyces was selected for in-vitro studies against selected pathogenic micro organism to investigate the efficacy of their different (methanolic, ethanolic, aqueous) extracts. The antifungal activity of various solvent extracts of Termitomyces was tested against five species of fungus Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Penicillium notatum, Muco rracemous. The different extracts showed wide spectrum of a fungal activity. The highest antifungal inhibitory activity (4.95mm) was recorded with the extract of methanolic extract of Termitomyces against Penicillium notatum.


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Dr.Romi Singh
A.P.S.U.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4863      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4863