Evaluation of antifungal activity of some selected plants of family fabaceae & the HPTLC analysis of most effective plant Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K. keyne

Abstract

In recent years, reports exist on antifungal activity of peptides and proteins isolated from medicinal plants that have mainly concerned species of Fabaceae family. Here worked on extracts from leaves of selected plants of family Fabaceae and determined the antifungal activity against the fungal strain Pochonia chlamydosporia. In this study we evaluate the anti-fungal properties of aqueous extracts of leaves of 6 plants in fabaceae family viz. Adenanthera pavonia L., Albizia saman (Jacq.)Merr, Bauhinia acuminata L., Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC) K. Heyne, Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb, Millettia pinnata (L.) Pierre. against Pochonia chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare& W. Gams by disc diffusion method. Peltophorum pterocarpum shows high anti-fungal activity against selected fungi Pochonia chlamydosporia as compared to others. Phytochemical effect of methanolic leaf extract of most effective plant Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC) K. Heyne also determined.