EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF NEOLAMARCKIA CADAMBA (ROXB.) BOSSER LEAF AND BARK EXTRACT
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of alcoholic and aqueous extract from leaves and bark of Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser using the paper disc diffusion method. All the extracts showed antifungal activity against the Aspagillus fumigatous and Candila albicans. Leaves extract showed more activity than the bark extracts and it was comparable to the standard drug Ketoconazole.
Authors and Affiliations
Divyakant Patel , Vinay Darji , Aditi Bariya , Kaushik Patel , Rakshit Sonpal
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