International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (1170) Last page : (1176)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5319
Antifungal Activity of Ethanolic and Aqueous Leaf Extracts of Taraxicum officinale and Mentha arvensis on the Growth of Some Selected Fungal Species under In vitro Conditions
Jahangir Abdullah Koka*, Abdul Hamid Wani, Mohd Yaqub Bhat and Shazia Parveen
Section of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: kokajahangir76@gmail.com
Received: 27.07.2017 | Revised: 30.08.2017 | Accepted: 3.09.2017
ABSTRACT
Antifungal activities of different solvent extracted samples of Taraxacum officinaleWeber ex Wiggers and Mentha arvensis L. were carried out through agar well diffusion assay at three concentrations (25µl, 50µl and 75µl) against seven fungi, viz. Penicillium expansum, Aspergillus niger, Mucor plumbeus, Alternaria alternata, Penicillium chrysogenum, Trichothecium roseum and Rhizoctonia solani causing rot of tomato and brinjal. It was revealed from the present study that the ethanolic extract of Taraxicum officinale Weber ex Wiggers showed maximum antimycotic activity against Rhizoctonia solani and least activity against Mucor plumbeus. However, the aqueous extract of Taraxicum officinale Weber ex Wiggers showed maximum antimycotic activity against Rhizoctonia solani and least activity against Penicillium expansum and Aspergillus niger. It was observed from the present study that the ethanolic extract of Mentha arvensis L. showed maximum antimycotic activity against Alternaria alternata and least activity against Mucor plumbeus. While as the aqueous extract of Mentha arvensis L. showed maximum antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani and least activity against Trichothecium roseum.
Key words:Antifungal assay, Taraxacum officinale, Mentha arvensis, Agar well diffusion.
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Cite this article: Koka, J.A., Wani, A.H., Bhat, M.Y. and Parveen, S., Antifungal Activity of Ethanolic and Aqueous Leaf Extracts of Taraxicum officinale and Mentha arvensis on the Growth of Some Selected Fungal Species Under In vitro Conditions, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 1170-1176 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5319
