Effect of antifungal activity of some medicinal plants against Pythium debaryanum (Hesse)

The antifungal activity of five different medicinal plants namely Lawsonia inermis L, Mimosa pudica L, Phyllanthus niruri L., Tephrosia purpurea Pens., Vinca rosea L. were tested against plant pathogenic fungi Pythium debaryanum (causing damping off of disease) by agar well diffusion method. The plant leaves were extracted with various solvents like n-butanol, methanol, aqueous. Among the different plant tested, all the three solvents, the methanolic extracts of Lawsonia inermis showed maximum antifungal activity against Pythium debaryanum.

Author(s): Ambikapathy, V., Gomathi, S., and Panneerselvam, A.

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