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

Autores/as

  • Kavita Chaudhary
  • Sarita Kaushik
  • Balla Sundara Singh

Palabras clave:

Medicinal plants, Weight loss method, Antifungal activities, Soxhlet extractor

Resumen

The present studies were conducted with an aim to determine the presence of occurrence ofmedicinal plants and antifungal activities of twenty selected medicinal plants from fivedifferent solid waste polluted areas of the Agra city. Achyranthes aspera, Calotropis procera,Ricinus communis shows maximum presence of occurrence, i.e., 10.63% and Eugeniajambolana has minimum presence of occurrence, i.e., 2.12%. As these plants are used formedicinal 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 humanbeing as well. The leaf samples are collected in the morning and dried after washing and werepowdered; samples are extracted in ethanol in soxhlet extractor. Antifungal activities of thesamples extract were tested against test fungus Alternaria alternata by using weight lossmethod. Eugenia jambolana showed maximum percentage of inhibition of 27.38% whichcould be a material to fight against the presence of solid waste pollution by showing maximumnumber of phytocompounds.Keywords: Medicinal plants, Weight loss method, Antifungal activities, Soxhlet extractorKavita Chaudhary, Sarita Kaushik,Balla Sundara Singh. ConfirmingTherapeutic Potential of MedicinalPlants Grown in Solid Waste PollutedAreas of Agra City against Alternariaalternata. Research & Reviews: AJournal of Biotechnology. 2017; 7(2):12–18p

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2017-09-02

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