Antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants from Tamil Nadu, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Duraipandiyan, V ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Active principles; Antifungal activity; Broth microdilution method; Ethyl acetate extract; Fungi; Hexane extract; Medicinal plants; Methanol extract; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACHYRANTHES BIDENDATA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA PROCERA EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIA TAGALA EXTRACT; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA EXTRACT; ATALANTIA MONOPHYLLA EXTRACT; AZIMA TETRACANTHA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA PULCHERIMA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CINNOMOMUM VERUM EXTRACT; COSTUS SPECIOSUS EXTRACT; GOMPHERENA CELOSIOIDES EXTRACT; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; HEXANE; LIPPIA JAVANICA EXTRACT; NYMPHAEA STELLATA EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OSBECKIA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; PIPER ARGYROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TODDALIA ASIATICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA; ACHYRANTHES BIDENDATA; ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA PROCERA; ANEMIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARISTOLOCHIA TAGALA; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASTHMA; ATALANTIA MONOPHYLLA; AZIMA TETRACANTHA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARK; BASIL; BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA; BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; BRONCHITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CAESALPINIA PULCHERIMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASSIA FISTULA; CINNOMOMUM VERUM; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTUS; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; COUGHING; CURVULARIA LUNATA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEVER; FLOWER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GOMPHERENA CELOSIOIDES; GONORRHEA; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA STELLATA; OSBECKIA CHINENSIS; PARALYSIS; PIPER ARGYROPHYLLUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SENNA ALATA; SENNA AURICULATA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TODDALIA ASIATICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SIMII; ULCER; WORM INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ALBIZIA PROCERA; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ATALANTIA MONOPHYLLA; AZIMA TETRACANTHA; CASSIA FISTULA; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; FUNGI; NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI; OSBECKIA CHINENSIS; PIPER ARGYROPHYLLUM; PUNICA GRANATUM; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TODDALIA ASIATICA;

EID: 84857991680     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60157-3     Document Type: Article

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