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

ABSTRACT

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