Studies on the elemental composition and anti fungal activity of medicinal plant Lippia nodiflora L against skin fungi

Lippia nodiflora L, an indigenous herb has many medicinal uses. Present work was carried out to study the antifungal activity of crude extracts of L. nodiflora L. against the human pathogenic fungi. Crude extracts from the leaves and shoots of plant were prepared in different solvents including ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and water and tested for antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, A.. flavus, Paecilomyces varioti, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton rubrum. Concentration of various elements e.g. Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, P, S and Zn were determined by using atomic absorption spectrophotometer and UV spectrophotometer. All crude extracts including ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and aqueous extracts showed high activity against test organisms. Ethanol and aqueous extracts appeared to be the most effective antifungal agents as compared to methanol, chloroform and ethyl acetate. Moreover, the plant L. nodiflora L has high concentration of various essential elements. The medicinal plant Lippia nodiflora L contains considerable amount of elements which are important component of many formulation, used in skin care

Isolation of essential elements and inhibition activity of medicinal plant Datura alba Nees against human pathogenic fungi

In this study five extracts such as ethanol, methanol, ethylacetate, chloroform and aqueous extract were obtained from the medicinal plant Datura alba Nees. These extracts were tested against the human pathogenic fungi, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Paecilomyces varioti, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton rubrum. All crude extracts were found to be effective against test organism. Ethanol, methanol, and ethylacetate extracts appeared to be the most effective antifungal agents as compared to the chloroform and aqueous extract. Moreover in present study nine elements, Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, P, S and Zn have been determined from the medicinal plant Datura alba Nees, by using atomic absorption spectrophotometry and U.V. spectrophotometry. The medicinal plant Datura alba Nees contains considerable amount of elements which have therapeutic effects in skin diseases