Confirming Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants Grown in Solid Waste Polluted Areas of Agra City against Alternaria alternata

Abstract

The present studies were conducted with an aim to determine the presence of occurrence of
medicinal plants and antifungal activities of twenty selected medicinal plants from five
different solid waste polluted areas of the Agra city. Achyranthes aspera, Calotropis procera,
Ricinus communis shows maximum presence of occurrence, i.e., 10.63% and Eugenia
jambolana has minimum presence of occurrence, i.e., 2.12%. As these plants are used for
medicinal purposes such as in ayurvedic or other alternative with normal conditions plants,
so the monitoring of these plants are essential to ensure the safety and efficacy of human
being as well. The leaf samples are collected in the morning and dried after washing and were
powdered; samples are extracted in ethanol in soxhlet extractor. Antifungal activities of the
samples extract were tested against test fungus Alternaria alternata by using weight loss
method. Eugenia jambolana showed maximum percentage of inhibition of 27.38% which
could be a material to fight against the presence of solid waste pollution by showing maximum
number of phytocompounds.
Keywords: Medicinal plants, Weight loss method, Antifungal activities, Soxhlet extractor
Kavita Chaudhary, Sarita Kaushik,
Balla Sundara Singh. Confirming
Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal
Plants Grown in Solid Waste Polluted
Areas of Agra City against Alternaria
alternata. Research & Reviews: A
Journal of Biotechnology. 2017; 7(2):
12–18p