10Feb 2019

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ETHENOLIC LEAF AND SEED EXTRACTS OF ANNONA SQUAMOSA L.

  • National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow, India.
  • Geological Survey of India, Lucknow, India.
  • Kalyan P. G. College, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
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A comparative study of antifungal activity of ethanolic extracts of the leaves and seeds of Annonasquamosa L. (A plant of Annonaceae Family, commonly known as custard apple-sitafal) were evaluated against four fungi namely, Rhizopusnigricans, Aspergillusniger, Culvularialunata and Cladosporiumcladosporioides using agar well and disc diffusion method. Maximum inhibition was found with 50mg/ml concentration of ethanolic seed extracts against all the tested organisms under investigation. The study suggests that the seeds of A. squamosa are promising source for the development of suitable phytomedicine having fungicidal properties in place of commonly and widely used chemical antifungal agents.


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[Sanjay Prasad Gupta, Manager Singh,Neeta Nigam, Iliyas Ahmed, Pawan Kumar and D. N. Sharma. (2019); A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ETHENOLIC LEAF AND SEED EXTRACTS OF ANNONA SQUAMOSA L. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Feb). 111-115] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Sanjay Prasad Gupta
Junior Scientific Officer in National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property under Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Lucknow, India-226024

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8467      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8467