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Study of the Antifungal Potential of Leaf Extracts of Tridax procumbens

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Dr. Shishir Tiwari , Dr. Antu Kurrey, Swati Mohite
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.15.2024.1294-1300

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Herbal medications come from a variety of sources, including plants. Most plants have the potential to develop bioactive elements that protect them from microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, as well as insects. Tridax procumbens is a weedy plant found in the wild. Tridax procumbens leaves have been extracted using four different solvents: methanol, chloroform, aqueous, and ethanol. The purpose of this research was to determine the phytochemicals and antifungal activity of methanol, chloroform, aqueous, and ethanol extracts made from Tridax procumbens leaves. The antifungal activity was assessed using an agar well diffusion experiment against the tested fungal strain, with the zone of inhibition determined and compared to that of the standard antibiotic bavistin. The outcome of the present work have revealed aqueous, ethanol, methanol and chloroform extracts at concentrations ranging from 1mg/ml to 5mg/ml, highest inhibitory effect was observed in aqueous and chloroform extracti.e., 20mm at 5mg/ml againstAspergillusparasiticus and highest inhibitory effect was observed in ethanol and methanol extract i.e., 20mm at 5mg/ml against Aspergillusturcosus.Thus, this plant has many active compounds which can be used for the development of various potent drugs.

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